How to add Likert scores between -1 and +1 ?

Suppose you have defined a so-called bipolar Likert scale between -1 and +1, where as usual positive values mean a positive attitude and negative values mean a negative attitude towards the object...

02 March 2018 3,187 3 View

Who has experience with the use of WebCite in papers?

I just re-discovered WebCite (http://www.webcitation.org) among the many bookmarks I have collected over the years. I never used it, but I recognize the problem it is supposed to be a solution...

02 March 2018 5,123 9 View

What are the implications for the social sciences of the following "gem" of Popper ?

I found the following gem (beautiful strong statement, not necessarily true) attributed to Popper, cited by D.S. Heersink in his review of (Popper & Miller 1984 Popper selections): Humans exist...

31 December 2017 8,934 3 View

Native German speaker with Dutch as second language available for translation of a Dutch questionnaire in German language?

I am looking for someone with the above language qualifications who is willing to assist in the translation of a questionnaire from Dutch in German. As I have the opposite language qualifications...

31 December 2017 1,828 3 View

Which single article, monograph or book would you like to share with us for a Collaborative Reading List on Educational Assessment?

During the last eight years I have been searching for and collecting published items (journal papers, conference contributions, monographs, textbooks, guidelines, standards, books, readers,...

08 September 2015 4,432 3 View

What free software for constructing and visualizing B-Trees can you recommend from your own experience?

Just a very pragmatic request for recommendations of software tools to construct B-Trees and to visualize them. The software should be highly didactic, so not necessarily be able to build trees...

01 February 2014 645 1 View

What has been your greatest success in 2013 as a teacher?

As a teacher, you have to adapt to the unexpected: new faces, new rules, new challenges. Adaptation may sound negative, in the sense of avoiding greater risks, but often it also offers new...

11 December 2013 8,195 4 View

Would education really break down if there were no examinations anymore?

By nature and culture, we tend to take many things for granted. For instance, that there ought to be examinations of some form after any serious educational intervention. We are so accustomed to...

09 October 2013 3,903 62 View

Does anybody have or know where to find a proof for the following inequality in generalized geometric means?

Suppose you have n numbers on the unit interval [0,1]. Also suppose that you have n weights on the unit interval such that the weights add up to 1. Now build the generalized geometric mean of the...

06 July 2013 432 16 View

Who is or has been active in Peer Assessment research?

Anybody who is active in the field of Peer Assessment in Higher Education is kindly requested to consider joining this project as an active collaborator. Contributors from both sides of the...

01 January 1970 9,353 1 View

Could you recommend any books about Number Theory?

Beginner level books. High level books. Analytical Number Theory. Algebraic Number Theory. Combinatorical Number Theory. Books about partitions. Books about primes.

03 March 2021 7,174 5 View

What kind of intervention will be relevant to increase motivation among young sport trainees?

Any suggestion on what book to read is also welcome.

03 March 2021 1,646 4 View

How the parameters (such as Mw, Chemical bonds, polymer bland and so on) affect the mechanic property of polymer (such as storage, loss modulus) ?

Anyone can recommend any books on such topics? Thanks in advance.

02 March 2021 8,457 2 View

I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

What element is driving the different slop in the low frequency tail?

My study consists simple corrosion inhibitors in salty brine. Right now I just fit my circuit with randles with CPE. Just wondering how the slop can given more info of the experiment. Or any...

01 March 2021 6,474 3 View

Genome-wide gene identification protocol ?

Is there any book chapter/book, webpage or research article available to understand genome-wide gene identification?

28 February 2021 8,095 1 View

How to determine implicit ontological and epistemological stance?

I am hoping for some guidance and additional reading material that will assist me in determining ontological and epistemological stance when not explicitly detailed within the research. Here is...

26 February 2021 227 5 View

Any suggestions or recommendations on a good publishing house based on the African for academic books in the field of Communication and media studies?

I am currently working on a book on Public Relations (from an African perspective) and the rationale behind the book is the fact that as instructors in this field, we borrow instances and case...

19 February 2021 2,482 2 View