Global management market of courses & marketing to improve quality in Pt Treatment or science or mainly Bureaucracy?

12 October 2020 9,272 1 View

SEM: What does CFI = 1 & RMSEA = 0 indicate in over-identified models?

I'm suspicious about "perfect fit" in my SEM path analysis, with fit indices of CFI = 1 and RMSEA = 0 which I would expect from an just-identified model. However, since I have 3 degrees of...

08 August 2020 1,492 4 View

Data on most frequently researched KSAOs or personality traits?

I'm looking for meta analyses or reviews, summarizing which knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics (KSAOs, especially personality traits) are most frequently researched in...

22 May 2020 332 1 View

AC/DC inverters: Are there any standards or laws regulation DC output on the AC Grid?

Hi, we are working on internal specifications on On-Board Charger for Battery electric vehicles. We have seen some field failures on older generations. We are suspecting that e.g. PV AC/DC...

15 December 2019 6,887 1 View

How to test unidimensionality for polytomous data with IRT-models in R?

I would be thankful if someone could give me a short breakdown on how to test unidimensionality of polytomous data (likert-scale) using IRT-models in R. As it is my understanding that the...

22 November 2019 6,730 7 View

How do you optimize your research design for questionnaires with large item pools?

While developing a questionnaire to measure several personality traits in a somewhat unconventional way, I now seem to be facing a dilemma due to the size of my item pool. The questionnaire...

30 May 2019 2,633 4 View

What factors generally improve inter-rater reliability?

I'm developing a questionnaire to assess observational data in an area of research which is notoriously prone to low inter-rater reliability. Hence, I'm looking for factors in questionnaire design...

03 December 2018 4,006 3 View

Machine learning in economic research?

What is your take on machine learning as an applied method in economic research. is it a game changer or will it not impact your approach to research?

22 July 2018 7,401 5 View

Is there any way to statistically test control samples with parent material?

I want to statistically test the relative gene expression of precision cut liver slices with the gene expression of their parent livers. I have 14 samples from 3 different parent livers that I...

09 March 2018 4,517 4 View

What is the average magnitude of correlations between common personnel selection methods?

Looking for recent (preferably meta-analytic) findings that yielded estimates of the proportion of shared variance among common personnel selection methods such as structured and unstructured...

11 December 2017 1,946 3 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

What test should I use to compare two or three means, if data is not normally distributed but sample size is > 30 in each group?

I personally feel this as a most confusing question. As per my understanding, if sample size is > 30, and sample is skewed, we can still use paramteric approach, as it will follow Z...

01 March 2021 1,587 6 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 View

Sample size determination for non-parametric tests?

How do I run a a priori sample size determination for non-parametric tests, like the Mann-Whitney U-test and the Kruskall-Wallis or other non-parametric tests that accord with the unpaired t-test...

24 February 2021 166 6 View

How to determine a priori sample size for t-test with unequal means?

I need to conduct a a priori sample size determinations for t-test with unequal means, but I don't know the sizes of the groups nor the ratio of both groups... Can I do a sample size determination...

24 February 2021 8,289 3 View

What are alternatives to factor analysis for a small sample?

My sample size is too small to conduct a factor analysis. I created my own psychometric scale for measuring Effectiveness of Support, which contains 38 items (4 sub-scales) Im really struggling...

23 February 2021 9,287 12 View

Missing Data in Pretest and Post test- Experimental Research design?

Hello all, I am analyzing some pretest and post-test data that were given to evaluate knowledge of targeted vocabulary before and after the intervention. Pretest and post-test are identical and...

23 February 2021 9,400 7 View

Is there any software or formula for sample size determination by using sensitivity and specificity?

I want to conduct research on the diagnostic performance of some tests. I want to calculate sample size by using the sensitivity and specificity of the test in the previous studies. So Is there...

23 February 2021 619 5 View

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22 February 2021 9,932 11 View

What software is capable of opening a file with the extension ".cad" ?

It seems like quick cad was the software but had been discontinued. I tried with other Autodesk software such as fusion 360, AutoCAD. I also tried with QCAD. Please let me know if you know of any...

22 February 2021 9,634 3 View