However, there is still a need for more research, especially longitudinal cohort studies in HIV-infected Nigerian children incorporating multiple interval assessments to validate the findings of this preliminary study.
Future studies that involve multiple baseline assessments to ensure the stability of symptoms prior to taking part in the interventions, and the adoption of a control condition that is limited to brief assessment (without monitoring), would further clarify the potential benefit of assessment.
We don't measure to count victories; we use multiple assessment tools to make corrections and improve our strategies.
It must also be noted, however, that in these seven papers, only three used multiple assessment tools to establish convergent validity evidence (Table 1D).
While these authors used multiple assessment tools to measure the same content, this approach only has meaning if the assessments with which you are comparing your own assessment already have supporting validity evidence; there is no mention of such evidence in these studies.
We used a validated multi-dimensional measure of self-concept, and corroborated findings using multiple assessments that served to complement and provide independent verification of self-concept [ 11].
When data collected across multiple assessments were used to increase statistical power, a variety of multilevel models, with a random effect for subject, were fitted to allow for correlation between repeated assessments and to assess the impact of statistical non-independence (Singer & Willett, 2003).
Thus, to get a complete picture of student understanding of experimentation, multiple assessments should be applied to meet the RED criteria.
Due to the multiple assessments included for each patient, generalized estimating equations were applied to this regression model to account for the correlation of these observations within each patient.
Our use of multiple assessments also enabled us to triangulate and confirm our findings.
