Although the Sport Motivation Scale SMSS), published in 1995, has demonstrated validity and reliability in multiple studies, the scale has received some criticisms leading to revisions herein described.
The 18-item disease-specific questionnaire has exhibited sufficient construct validity and reliability in multiple studies (Haywood et al. 2003).
The PSS has robust reliability and validity [ 34] and has been used in multiple studies to measure the effect of mindfulness training on stress [ 18- 21].
However, although for antibiotics such as beta-lactams and carbapenems, the commonly accepted PD parameter associated with improved cure rates are free drug concentration above MIC for 40%to70%0% of the dosing interval, these parameters have not been subjected to rigorous clinical evaluation in multiple studies, and their validity was recently challenged [ 90].
These data have been used extensively for research and their validity for use in research has been confirmed in multiple studies [ 34– 34].
Reliability and validity of SF-36 scales have been evaluated in multiple studies and have generally been found to be acceptable [ 54, 55].
The validity of the CD-RISC has been evaluated in multiple studies, including research involving young adults seeking treatment for anxiety related to childhood maltreatment [ 31], and elderly Native Americans in the United States [ 32].
Secondly, with high proportions of men, black people, and participants who enrolled in multiple studies, there is no external validity for these phase 1 data.
Finally, we investigated the validity of associations between gene expression and ChIP-seq reads in small windows centered at the TSSs, which have been reported in multiple studies [ 30, 31].
Our results support the validity of the multiple studies reporting association of autoantibodies with breast cancer.
