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    University of Phoenix Material Validity and Reliability Matrix For each of the tests of reliability and validity listed on the matrix‚ prepare a 50-100-word description of test’s application and under what conditions these types of reliability would be used as well as when it would be inappropriate. Then prepare a 50-100-word description of each test’s strengths and a 50-100-word description of each test’s weaknesses. |TEST OF RELIABILITY |APPLICATION AND APPROPRIATENESS

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    outcome (increased class participation). Validity is in four types and these are: Conclusion‚ Construct‚ Internal and external validity. Conclusion validity tries to find out the relationship between a program and the observed outcome. For instance‚ a connection between Re-entry policy and increased failure rate in schools. Construct validity looks at the extent to which a test measures what it claims or intend to measure. Internal validity refers to how well an experiment has been done and the extent

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    Ecological Footprint 9 F Ecological Footprint What is an Ecological Footprint? An ecological footprint is the measurement system that helps us calculate the human pressure(the human demand) on Earth ’s ecosystems.It calculates what percentage and part of the world we use individually or in groups. Ecological footprint is calculated by looking over all of the biological products/materials consumed and all of the biological waste produced‚by a person during a specific year.All of these

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    Dan Eble PSYC 105 G Dr. Waterstreet Test Reliability and Validity Correlations are important in establishing test reliability and related test validity. Test reliability has four methods of testing. The first is the test-retest method‚ which is when the same test is given to students at two different occasions and the scores are then correlated for production. The second is the alternate form test‚ which is when two forms of the same test is given to students and the scores are then correlated

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    ec Ecological Footprint http://www.footprintnetwork.org …measures how much land and water area a human population requires to produce the resource it consumes and to absorb its wastes‚ using prevailing technology. Biologically productive land and sea includes area that 1) supports human demand for food‚ fiber‚ timber‚ energy and space for infrastructure and 2) absorbs the waste products from the human economy. Biologically productive areas include cropland‚ forest and fishing grounds

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    Your Ecological Footprint Due February 10‚ 2014 Step 1. Do some background reading The Ecological Footprint is a measure of the human impact on nature. Take some time to get to know about the Ecological Footprint and what it measures: http://www.myfootprint.org/en/about_the_quiz/what_it_measures Next‚ read through the Ecological Footprint Quiz’s Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.myfootprint.org/en/about_the_quiz/faq/. You never know what others have asked that may be of interest to you

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    Internal Validity

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    two aspects of validity‚ internal validity and external validity. Internal validity refers to an approximate truth about inferences regarding causal relationships. Internal validity is only necessary in circumstances where there is a need to establish a cause and effect relationship. External validity is closely related to generalizing‚ and the ability to generalize a particular study to other people and other situations. This short paper will discuss both internal and external validity‚ and the threats

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    General What is the Ecological Footprint? The Ecological Footprint is a resource accounting tool used widely as a management and communication tool by governments‚ businesses‚ educational institutions and NGOs to answer a specific resource question: How much of the biological capacity of the planet is required by a given human activity or population? What does the Ecological Footprint measure? The Ecological Footprint measures the amount of biologically productive land and sea area an individual

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    Importance of the Ecological Footprint Everyone has desire‚ and it will never get satisfied. Because of our desire‚ we use all the resources we can reach or find to produce better product and develop the technology to make our life better and easier. Ecologists have warned us so many times‚ every action has its consequences. One day all the resources on the planet will deplete‚ if we keep on using the resource like this and speed up every year. We all understand the consequences but majority

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    Ecological Succession… 1 Ecological Succession is… • The observed process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time. • The community begins with relatively few pioneering plants and animals and develops through increasing complexity until it becomes stable or self-perpetuating as a climax community. • Succession occurs in all natural environments. Each environment has a particular name that expresses the nature of their ecological succession: Primary and Secondary

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