Can you suggest three metrics for change?

I would like a solid standardized metric for each of these three domains- Positive Thoughts Positive Attitudes Positive Emotions Positive or Pro-Social Motivation Any suggestions are appreciated.

09 October 2018 4,397 0 View

What is the best way to compare apples to oranges?

I am using a metric that takes a one time measure, but asks subjects to rate their past behavior numerically, their current behavior numerically, and their intended future behavior...

05 June 2016 3,359 8 View

In the realm of a small N design, how best to conceptualize the variables?

If I am taking measure of of a subject coming into a program, whereby exposure to the environment (over the course of years) will be the treatment, with post testing using baseline metric on...

04 May 2016 8,471 3 View

Is there a standard etiquette to utilizing surveys built by other researchers, especially if you modify them?

I am building a social support survey utilizing three established surveys, and adding three of my own questions. I am tailoring this survey to examine a specific population of college students...

11 December 2015 4,974 4 View

What are a few good strengths-based assessment tools?

10 November 2015 8,561 7 View

What is the best way to measure self-esteem?

I am looking for a brief and widely accepted measure for self-esteem. I would like to be able to determine intrinsic self-esteem forces rather than extrinsic benchmarks for a "successful" person...

09 October 2015 4,066 44 View

I want to publish a theoretical paper on addiction but it is 37 pages long, any tips for scaling it for publishing?

My working theoretical paper for my Critical Existential Failure of Addiction and Recovery is very long and heavily sourced. Aside from the background introduction, are there any tips for scaling...

07 August 2015 9,125 8 View

What is a solid metric for measuring impulsivity, or dis-inhibition, in a longitudinal study?

I need a metric that is resistant to maturation effect in a longitudinal study. It will be administered at 30days, 60, 90, and 6 months.

01 January 1970 7,970 2 View

Where can I obtain a copy of this book?

Stan, I clicked on the link and they do have some sort of online ordering, but I am curious if there is an easier way to pick up a copy?

01 January 1970 1,489 2 View

What are the strengths and drawbacks of utilizing hierarchical clustering in order to examine multi-domain measurements?

Utilizing the scores from several domain specific metrics, I have run hierarchical clustering to determine where specific domain scores from different metrics tend to cluster. My questions are1.)...

01 January 1970 3,676 4 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

Good sites to recruit survey participants on a grad school student budget?

Any good recommendations for participant recruitment for online surveys on a grad school student budget?

02 March 2021 4,293 4 View

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

Shall I skip the measurement model in SmartPLS?

Hello everyone, I had run a mediation model in SmartPLS using questionnaires that were already validated among my statistical population. A professor who edited my paper -though she is not...

01 March 2021 3,052 3 View

What is involved in morphological changes of SEM images of a substance?

In the sem analysis of CaCO3 nanaoparticles, the morphology images showed spherical shaped particles but the proposed morphology for these type of nanoparticles is trigonal. I prepared the...

01 March 2021 1,960 4 View

Joint behaviour in Abaqus is not captured well?

I am working on roof joint and trying to simulate the behaviour in Abaqus. I am successful in running the model but the final graph does not follow the experimental curve in the negative direction...

01 March 2021 6,661 3 View

How to define tie constraint between rigid body and another part in dynamic explicit model of Abaqus?

Hi dear researchers I connected a rigid body into the part of my structure by tie constraint and then I added displacement to rigid body, in static general step every thing is fine and these two...

28 February 2021 3,442 2 View

Does the circuit modeling for planar monopole antennas using Foster canonical forms give good approximation?

Hi researchers, I am searching for some accurate way to do the circuit modeling of planar CPW-fed monopole antennas. I have gone through the literature where mostly circuit modeling is done using...

28 February 2021 7,016 1 View