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Research Report: Better Theory Through Measurement—Developing a Scale to Capture Consensus on Appropriation

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 ...
CMAJ

Observer bias in randomized clinical trials with measurement scale outcomes: a systematic review of trials with both blinded and nonblinded assessors

Background: Clinical trials are commonly done without blinded outcome assessors despite the risk of bias. We wanted to evaluate the effect of nonblinded outcome assessment on estimated effects in ...
Nature

Evaluating the Power of Food Scale in obese subjects and a general sample of individuals: development and measurement properties

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 ...