The Power of Food Scale (PFS) was developed to assess the psychological impact of today's food-abundant environments. Data were obtained from obese adults in a clinical trial for a weight management ...

The aim of this study is to assess the effective measurement range of Ryff's Psychological Well-being scales (PWB). It applies normal ogive item response theory (IRT) methodology using factor analysis ...

Proper measurement is critical to the advancement of theory (Blalock 1979). Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST) is rapidly becoming an important theoretical paradigm for comprehending the impacts of ...

Examples of employee performance measurement include a variety of methods employers use based on the employee's job category, employee-supervisor relationship and workplace culture. They range from ...

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has completed significant upgrades to two key instruments serving what the agency calls “critical national needs”. The devices measure ...

The number on the scale does not tell the whole story. Your body weight does not account for your body fat, muscle mass and bone density, and will not tell how much of it is due to water retention or ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. T-tests are ...

A gram is a standard unit of measurement. It is a word used to describe the mass of an object. You record the mass of light objects in grams. One way to measure the mass of objects is to use balance ...