Psychometrics
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Judges' perception of candidates' organization and communication, in relation to oral certification examination ratings.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: To determine (1) whether judges differed in the levels of severity they exercised when rating candidates' performance in an oral certification exam, (2) to what extent candidates' clinical competence ratings were related to their ... Read more...

Doctors' stress responses and poor communication performance in simulated bad-news consultations.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: No studies have previously evaluated factors associated with high stress levels and poor communication performance in breaking bad news (BBN) consultations. This study determined factors that were most strongly related to doctors' stress ... Read more...

Applied psychometrics in clinical psychiatry: the pharmacopsychometric triangle.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To consider applied psychometrics in psychiatry as a discipline focusing on pharmacopsychology rather than psychopharmacology as illustrated by the pharmacopsychometric triangle. METHOD: The pharmacopsychological dimensions of clinically ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychometrics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Judges' perception of candidates' organization and communication, in relation to oral certification examination ratings. 30 Oct 2009
• Doctors' stress responses and poor communication performance in simulated bad-news consultations. 30 Oct 2009
• Applied psychometrics in clinical psychiatry: the pharmacopsychometric triangle. 30 Oct 2009
• Psychometric properties of the Rivermead Motor Assessment: its utility in stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• The study of personal constructs of death and fear of death among Taiwanese adolescents. 30 Oct 2009
• Test-retest and alternate forms reliability of the assisting hand assessment. 30 Oct 2009
• Men's responses to HPV test results: development of a theory-based survey. 30 Oct 2009
• Correlates of multiple chronic disease behavioral risk factors in Canadian children and adolescents. 19 Oct 2009
• Spatiotemporal distortions of visual perception at the time of saccades. 19 Oct 2009
• Screening for emotional distress in cancer patients: a systematic review of assessment instruments. 11 Oct 2009
• [Pain assessment in dementia] 6 Oct 2009
• Comparison of patient and caregiver reports of patient activity participation and its relationship to mental health in patients with Alzheimer's disease. 3 Oct 2009
• The aftermath of hip fracture: discharge placement, functional status change, and mortality. 2 Oct 2009
• Longitudinal study of the transition from healthy aging to Alzheimer disease. 29 Sep 2009
• Routine work environment stress and PTSD symptoms in police officers. 29 Sep 2009
• Sorting out the competing effects of acculturation, immigrant stress, and social support on depression: a report on Korean women in California. 29 Sep 2009
• Defense mechanisms and Major Depressive Disorder in African American women. 29 Sep 2009
• Influence of personality on objective and subjective social support among patients with major depressive disorder: a prospective study. 29 Sep 2009
• Neural signatures of semantic and phonemic fluency in young and old adults. 29 Sep 2009
• Minimal hepatic encephalopathy and driving. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Psychometrics'

Definition: Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical procedures.

Descriptor UI: D011594

Alternative terms: Psychometrics; Psychometric;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.711.780;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; NIM coord: no qualif; includes statist analysis of psychol tests, validation, applic of statist theory or formulae to psychol