The WISC-IV has many strengths as well as weaknesses. Nevertheless‚ it’s extensive use in the field and the research data supporting this instrument make it an invaluable test. Some of the strengths include: 1) Good psychometric properties. The four major indices had good reliability and the Full Scale IQ was found to have excellent validity. These conclusions were supported by extensive factor analytic studies discussed in the manual. 2) Administration materials are well designed for children
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SWOT analysis occurs prior to developing the strategic plan. This method is an internal assessment of an organization’s strengths and weaknesses and an external assessment of opportunities for expansion and threats to success (Harrison‚ 2010). Strengths are internal existing elements which triggered exceptional work. Weaknesses are internal elements that negatively impacts healthcare quality. Opportunities are external ways to initiate new business. Threats are external elements which may adversely
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The strengths and weaknesses of Behaviourism Nowadays‚ when psychologists speak about different states of consciousness that are possible to achieve it is especially important review all the strength and weakness of behaviourism. Mental events in behaviorism are not considered suitable for any scientific study and for getting any data from them. All the assumptions made by behaviourists are to be supported with a practical experiment and as mental processes cannot not‚ therefore they posses no interest
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Identify the strengths and weaknesses of Komatsu and Caterpillar’s other major competitors. One of the major strengths of Komatsu is the fact that the company has been able to maintain a better relationship with blue- collar workers in its North American factories. In addition‚ its per- unit labor costs are lower than Caterpillars. Komatsu enjoys a strong brand presence and its logo is recognized the worldover as a sign of quality‚ innovation and service. Sika has a high degree of brand awareness
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One of the weaknesses of this test is that it is usually the least accurate assessment of aerobic fitness‚ than the run‚ walk‚ and step tests. However‚ this test would be very relevant to us because we are currently in a swim course. One of the strengths of this test is that it includes a very detailed and easy to follow fitness classification chart. In order to find your classification‚ all you have to do is find your age and sex. After finding which chart relates to you based on your age and sex
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Committee of the States which had one representative from each state. Even though that the Committee of the States was the most central form of the federal government‚ they had very little power to the Constitutional Congress. The Articles had many weaknesses that stunted the growth of the nation. First off‚ The articles had the inability to gain funds from its citizens. Congress could not
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of each firms financial leverage. Since a lot of these three firms debt is from accounts payable they do not pay much interest‚ resulting in higher ratios. Costco has very low amounts of debt that it pays interest on‚ resulting in the highest times interest earned ratio of 16.45. This gives the shareholders a lot of confidence that Costco will be able to cover its interest expense in the future years. Profitability Gross profit margin is an important measure in the merchandising sector
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The Articles of Confederations were one of the first founded documents of the 1780’s. It had some very important weaknesses when wanted to start a new government. There are three main weaknesses that were apart of the national government. Which is the new government they are trying to create. The three are one‚ had no power to tax two‚ could not force laws three‚ could not maintain a standing army. All the power was rested with the states so the national government had no authority to achieve anything
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The organizational weaknesses at Apria Healthcare are under trained service representatives along with failing sales and loss of business. By implementing cross training as well as ongoing customer service training‚ it would eliminate costly mistakes as well as cut down on the high turnover rate of customer service agents. It would eliminate new agents from feeling inadequate and help seasoned officers at implementing new services or products. Cross-trained employees are hardworking‚ capable
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There are multiple reasons why the state of Franklin failed. There are also many ways it can demonstrate the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. The “Lost” state of Franklin is always referred to with the Articles of Confederation this being because they were closely related. The number one reason for the state’s failure is all of the weaknesses in the Article of Confederation. The land was ceded in the late 1700’s because North Carolina handed it over to the Congress to help pay
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