Exact(2)
One of the original items that was taken away before they moved in would have been ideal for entertaining, the couple thought.
In fact, the back translation from the American native back translator was almost perfectly equivalent to the original items that did not require cross-cultural adaptation.
Similar(58)
As an example for the former, the original item that asked whether patients had experienced an infection during hospital stay was revised to include examples of common infections (urinary tract infection, wound infection, etc).
Participants indicated their gender (1 = male, 0 = female), age, highest educational qualification (from 1 = less than 10 years schooling to 6 = University degree or higher) and marital status (1 = married or de facto, 0 = not partnered), derived from the original item that assessed whether the participant was separated, divorced, widowed or single.
These items were replaced with the next-most-informative items selected from among the combined new and original items that now comprise the two banks.
Thus, one's perception of social well-being represents an essential component of health and should not be neglected in research; based on this theoretical approach, we compiled original items that could best assess social QofL in older women from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
We noted few inconsistencies between both forward translations and between the back translations and the original items, indicating that the translated version is reflecting the same item content as the original version.
The original item said that Stephen Spielberg is directing The Pacific.
The original item stated that BP crews have applied more than 37,850 liters of the chemical to the gulf over the past month.
The original item stated that Wahl's deletion of e-mails was revealed on blogs yesterday; what was revealed was Wahl's explicit admission of receiving Jones's message via Mann.
This ensures that the meaning and intent of the original items are maintained and that the scale remains relevant [ 6].
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