Reliability Improvement Reliability of a scale is improved by pruning of weak items. Deleting a weak item from a measurement scale may sometimes lead to jeopardizing scale’s theoretical construct. When this happens‚ the item needs to be redesigned and revaluated. Wording of items in a measurement scale plays an important role in determining its discriminating power. Weak items in the scale are identified by computing Corrected Item-Total Correlation (CITC) (Ferketich‚ 1991) and Item-Deleted Cronbach’s
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Critical Incident Plan Toolkit for Childcare Providers Acknowledgements Critical Incident Plan – A Toolkit for Childcare Services The Critical Incident Plan Toolkit was created in collaboration with twelve partners in the childcare sector. Funding was granted through the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) Central Fund and administered by Pobal. The project steering group is greatly indebted to Margaret McHugh‚ who was contracted to research and develop the Critical Incident Plan:
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Crop Variety Improvement Introduction to crop variety improvement [pic] Introduction to crop variety improvement The development of improved‚ fertilizer-responsive high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice during the early 1960s and their widespread adoptions by farmers‚ first in Asia and then in Latin America‚ marked the beginning of what is known as the Green Revolution. Much has been written about this technological breakthrough and its impact-both positive and negative-in the years since
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Disruptive Incident Barometer When analyzing inappropriate behavior excesses the first step is to determine if the behavior interferes with the person’s ability to function or interact appropriately in typical environmental conditions. To do this observational data needs to be taken for an extended amount of time to determine whether the behavior is disruptive. This is a very important part of the process because if the behavior only has occurred once or very infrequently then it would not
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Running head: GREEN RAMP Green Ramp Incident‚ March 1994 Pope Air Force Base Abstract This paper addresses the accident that occurred in Pope Air Force Base on 23rd March of 1994‚ it catastrophic results and the rescue effort at the scene. The first part of the paper will cover an overview the background of the incident to include the weather and conditions. Then the development of the accident‚ the victims and some witness statements will be discussed. Part III addresses
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Managing Quality Improvement August 10‚ 2013 Abstract The main purpose of managing quality improvements is to set up a structure by which to measure how the organization is doing out in the public sector. We need a process in place that will drive our improvement efforts when less than optimal results are identified through undesirable trends and benchmarking. They need to be measurable and be the same for all patients in the survey area. This data will assist us in developing the
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various internal improvements that benefitted the economy. Sir Henry Clay came up with what he named the “ American system”. He gained support from the people to make to internal improvements and develop the economy. Some of these improvements were railroads and canals. Great success came from Clay’s ideas. One of the biggest improvements was the Erie Canal. This created a system of canals that crossed and came all the way from the Hudson River in New York City to Lake Erie. Improvements were seen almost
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senior responder. I would need to implement the Incident Command System. I immediately requested six additional law enforcement patrols‚ four EMS Paramedics‚ The State Department of Transportation Public Works HAZMAT Team from the Highway Department‚ and the Fire Department to include fire suppression‚ fire rescue‚ and hazardous material cleanup team. I am now the incident commander‚ and for the time being‚ I will use my patrol car as the Incident Command Post. My highest priority is to look after
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Memory Improvement Strategies Memory Improvement strategies are split into two main groups which are organisation and mnemonics. Organisation - this is when you categorise things into groups to aid memory recall. One method of organisation could be to construct a mind map. Research showing that organisation aids memory recall… * Shuell - two groups of participants were presented with a list of words. For one group the words were in a random order‚ whereas for the other group they were arranged
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