Sentence examples for validity ascertained from inspiring English sources

Only 7 out of 27 instruments (26%) were found to have had both reliability and validity ascertained [ 33, 35, 37, 40, 43, 49, 52].

Several studies examined different facets of validity, ascertaining both concurrent validity —sensitivities of 69%to100%00 %, specificities of 65%to94%94 %, and areas under the Receiver Operating Curve (AUROC) varying from 0.77 to 0.91 [ 17– 21]— and construct validity —correlations between the IQCODE and cognitive screening tests and neuropsychological tests ranging from −0.12 to −0.78 [ 17, 22].

Face validity was ascertained through structured discussion groups.

External validity was ascertained by way of stratified random sampling, and obtaining a correct composition and adequate sample size.

Content validity was ascertained in cooperation with the national steering board for postgraduate medical education, consisting of the officers in charge and trainees of the different medical disciplines.

The content validity is ascertained during a qualitative phase which includes a literature search, interviews with experts, and patient focus groups.

The content validation was ascertained via expert validity and the inclusion criteria were set at a CVI larger than 0.80; in addition, the CVI of above selected thirty-eight nursing intervention items was 1.0.

The evaluation of the test battery was divided into three parts: A. test-retest reliability to determine amount of measurement error in the computer tests; B. validity to ascertain that scores of the computerized tests co-vary with scores on their conventional paper and pencil test correlates, and; C. ability to complete the test for INPH patients.

Its validity can be ascertained only in terms of adequacy, which is too conveniently ignored by the proponents of positivism.

Content validity was also ascertained during the course of the structured discussion groups.

For biological markers to become widely accepted, their validity must be ascertained.