How can i convert scale of 35 likert scale items to ipsatized items, for tapping characteristics 11 factors/traits of personality?

In my Project, I have identified by EFA&CFA, 11-factor model. The scale prepared is self-report and journals are rejecting the paper stating unacceptability of data based on cross-sectional...

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If any experts or scholars have any suggestions, please feel free to share. We are open for suggestions. Is anyone involved in similar work?

Please share any researches or papers or scripts for therapy. And if anybody wants to join us, you are most welcome.

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While performing EFA, with PRomax rotation and PFA, the factor loadings indicated 1.08 magnitude. Is this value acceptable & how shall it b inferred?

I am preparing a model of personality. EFA revealed 18 factors. In second factor, the first item shows a loading 1.08. According to my understanding, these loading are correlations. So does one...

01 January 1970 3,858 3 View

Shall I use AMOS or SEM for developing a personality model?

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Is Item discriminating value, calculated by T-test, necessary in developing personality scale?

Is calculating item discriminating value through t-test the only method? Are there other methods? Most importantly, in personality scales, while eliminating items, should one consider the only...

01 January 1970 6,013 3 View

Have someone successfully used the ER alpha (Santa Cruz sc-8002) antibody in immunostaining ?

Santa Cruz now recommends this new antibody (F-10) but I can't find a publication using this reference. I'm working on human et non human primate hypothalamus and so far, it doesn't work. Is...

02 March 2021 10,003 2 View

Energy minimization in LAMMPS using NVT ?

How do I do energy minimization in lammps with NVT ensemble ? I am using the following command and it does not seem to work. It stops at extremely high energy and gives me the error zero search...

01 March 2021 2,294 3 View

What is the most reliable source to get Impact factor of journals?

Source to get Impact factor of journals

01 March 2021 6,654 2 View

Which index or sites are reliable in determining of plant species?

There are many indexes when determining plant species: Plants of the World Online (POWO), International Plants Names Index (www.ipni.org), The Plant List (www.theplantlist.org) and others. But...

26 February 2021 3,404 10 View

How do historians determine the credibility sources in modern history?

For a source to be considered reliable it must contain accurate historical information. But how does one determine the accuracy and reliability of sources in modern and recent history since not...

23 February 2021 1,346 13 View

In frequency domain alpha band(8-16hz), beta band(16-32hz), gamma band(32-64hz), sub-band(64-128hz) are same as LL,LH,HL,HH in wavelet decomposition?

I am working on single trial motor imagery data i.e. EEG data. I am following a paper which has a dataset from BCI challenge IV (dataset 2b). After removing noise and extracting all the data from...

23 February 2021 5,503 1 View

MVN, how to conciliate contradictory results from Multivariate normality and Multivariate outliers test?

Dear colleagues, I'm working with Path analyses in lavaan and MVN packages. There are some results that for me are confusing and features from the MVN that I do not know how to set. My dataset is...

18 February 2021 190 3 View

Is it possible to obtain a negative cronbach alpha?

Good evening everyone. If a questionnaire has 4 factors measuring different constructs as for example CAMI questionnaire measuring attitudes toward the mentally ill that has four factors:...

18 February 2021 3,223 3 View

Any information about dinitrosalisylic acid reagent end point color stability ?

I work on estimation of alpha amylase activity using dinitrosalisylic acid reagent If i put the reagent to stope the enzymatic reaction and allow the reagent to react with the produced reducing...

17 February 2021 7,402 4 View

How can we measure the reliability and validity of our survey questionnaire?

We are conducting survey research on COVID-19 misinformation among students. How can we validate our survey for it to produce valid and reliable data? Also, what statistical tools can we use to...

16 February 2021 678 3 View