Journal of Applied Psychology 1973‚ Vol. 58‚ No. 1‚ 116-121 EFFECTS OF ITEM FORMAT ON ITEM DISCRIMINATION AND DIFFICULTY ARTHUR L. DUDYCHA 1 AND JAMES B. CARPENTER 2 Purdue University The tests and measurement literature is replete with multiple-choice item construction rules‚ most of which have little or no empirical verification. Item stem orientation (positive/negative)‚ structure (open/closed)‚ and the presence or absence of an inclusive alternative were systematically investigated
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How (Un)ethical Are You? Most of people believe that they are ethical and unbiased. They imagine they’re good decision makers‚ able to objectively size up a job candidate or a venture deal and reach a fair and rational conclusion that’s in their‚ and their organization’s‚ best interests. But more than two decades of research confirms that‚ in reality‚ most of them fall woefully short of our inflated self-perception. This article explores four related sources of unintentional unethical decision
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After analyzing multiple sources of data it was clear that the behavior program Conscious Discipline helped reduce student misbehavior. One of the most important indicators that were reviewed to come to the conclusion that Conscious Discipline is effective is the data regarding the referral number per week per classroom. As shown in table chart one below each classroom reduced their referrals based on insubordination and misbehavior. Throughout each week‚ as the study progressed and the strategies
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Can money buy you happiness? Money would probably be on the top of everyone’s list of things they desire‚ along with other things that only money could buy‚ but does that mean that money will make you happy? Happiness cannot be found in inanimate objects such as a new car or a huge house if you have no one to share it with. Money can lead to lots of lovely things and great opportunities but it can induce greed in a person‚ it’s like most things if you have too much of it all you want is more. It
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and play on my new phone. By my brother wanting my phone i refused to give it to him or let him use it because i had bought it with my own money i was being stubborn. Uncle Basil and Melanie are stubborn because Uncle Basil and Melanie refuse to let other control them. In the book The Host melanie shows that she is by not letting the wanderer see her memories in her head and control her.” I could feel her impatience‚her almost desperate desire to be on the move”(meyer‚93). According to the quotes
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Water Pollution: What You Can’t See Can Hurt You By Kristie Brown Most people have the idea that American waterways are more polluted now than ever in the past‚ but in some ways‚ this just isn’t true. Prior to the passing of the Clean Water Act of 1972‚ point source pollution was actually much worse than it is today. This refers to the type of pollution that enters our rivers through direct drainage pipes‚ and the problem has been visibly decreased all over the country. This may seem like
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): Comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been studied by researchers. PTSD is a common disorder in our society because of the increase in expose to traumatic event such as war‚ crimes‚ and motor vehicle accident (Bisson‚ Ehlers‚ Matthews‚ Pilling‚ Richards‚ and Turner‚ 2007). PTSD is a disorder that an individual suffers from after having experienced a serious
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of law and custom‚ decrees of damnation pronounced by society‚ artificially creating hells amid the civilization of earth‚ and adding the element of human fate to divine destiny; so long as the three great problems of the century—the degradation of man through pauperism‚ the corruption of woman through hunger‚ the crippling of children through lack of light—are unsolved; so long as social asphyxia is possible in any part of the world;—in other words‚ and with a still wider significance‚ so long as
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Orientation Louis (1980) “a process by which an individual comes to appreciate the values‚ abilities‚ expected behaviours and social knowledge essential for assuming an organisational role and for participating as an organisational member”. Orgs believe it will be helpful with productivity and turnover (Wesson and Gogus‚ 2005) Help newcomer to adjust by introducing: People Roles Organisation Klein and Weaver (2000) Compared attenders (55) and non-attenders (61) of University staff
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Applied Ethics “Is it morally impermissible to use animals medically for human sake?” To begin with‚ we have to point out that under which situation is permissible to use animals for human sake. We believe we can only use animals when it exerts constructive and affirmative influence to human beings which means it might save lives and enhance the quality of living on a general basis and most importantly‚ when there is no existing alternative. Using animals medically for human sake is morally
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