Goldman's shares tumbled, dragging down stockmarkets.The instrument in question, structured and marketed by Goldman, was a synthetic collateralised debt obligation (CDO), whose performance was tied to that of residential mortgage-backed securities.
The process was led by TJS and LJS who, with help from Dr Tarun Dua, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, conceived the first draft, suggested the areas of enquiry, proposed the question structure and phrasing and established a design template.
Two alternative versions (A and B) of the questionnaire, differing in question structure and length, were used to collect information.
Students were given multiple opportunities to answer each question (between two and six attempts, depending on question structure) and were allowed to access hints and immediate correct/incorrect answer feedback.
Problems with question structure and flow, use of prompts, probes, 'directiveness' and non verbal feedback can usually be addressed through pilot testing and careful interviewing technique [ 7, 8].
Another limitation is that is using existing questionnaires in their native formats means that there are numerous factors that vary across questionnaires number of categories, category labels, question structure and question wording.
The aim of this study was to use Rasch analysis to identify features that are characteristic of functional and dysfunctional rating scales which includes both question structure and rating scale categories across 17 PROs respectively.
Agreement was reached regarding inclusion/exclusion criteria; a conceptual framework of domains; translation of the original template items into an online survey format; reviews of survey draft iterations until final consensus of item inclusion, question structure and analysis processes.
Our objective is to describe the research questions, structure and contents of the urban longitudinal cohort recruited in 2000/2001 and its 9-year follow-up.
Active-learning activities can take many forms, including brainstorming, think pair share, concept mapping, conceptual clicker questions, structured and unstructured problems, or case studies (see Handelsman et al., 2007; Allen and Tanner, 2009).
