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Dispositional Development and Assessment in Teacher Preparation Programs
Consistent results on an assessment.
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Evaluating Antiracist Dispositions: Choosing, Analyzing, and Using Dispositional Assessment Tools in Antiracist Ways
Rebekah Degener (Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA), Bernadette Castillo (Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA), and Beth Beschorner (Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4089-6.ch015
Abstract
With a national push for the adoption of reliable disposition assessment tools in accredited teacher preparation programs, many programs are beginning to assess PSTs' dispositions in more standardized ways. Responding to calls for more adequate preparation of PSTs to be able to teach in racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse classrooms in culturally sustaining ways, many disposition assessment tools aim to measure pre-service teachers' antiracist dispositions. This chapter utilizes counterstorytelling methodologies to examine the tensions of choosing, creating, and using disposition assessment tools, analyzing the ways that such tools may work to further antiracist teaching while simultaneously upholding whiteness ideology.
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Markovian Reliability in Multiple AGV System
Reliability is the ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time.
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QoS: Requirements, Design Features, and Challenges on Wireless Sensor Networks
It is a measure of how much everything is working properly on the system. A fully reliable network would be that where: there is no one packet lost, each network component is working without appreciable faults, and each system component would have enough time and resources to do its work.
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Assessing Student Learning
The consistency of results from assessments.
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Importance of Ethics and Education to Understand the Audit Mission
The quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well the degree to which the result of a measurement, calculation, or specification can be depended on to be accurate.
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For Better or for Worse?: Ethical Implications of Generative AI
The extent to which a research instrument can repeatedly provide the same results in temporally separated incidences of measurement.
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Intelligence and Security Informatics
Reliability refers to the presumption that information is accurate and can be trusted.
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Systematic Review and Evaluation of Pain-Related Mobile Applications
Relates to the consistency of repeated measurements.
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Modeling of Maintenance Operations
Probability that a system or a product will perform satisfactorily for a specified period of time when used under specified operating conditions.
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Security of Cloud Computing
The capability to ensure constant operation of the system without disruption.
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Introduction to Electric Distribution System
A measure of power supply provided to the end user loads without power interruption.
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ICTs and Knowledge Management Synergies to Impulse Senior Entrepreneurship
Faithfulness to fulfill what was previously agreed upon.
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A Call for Mixed Methods in Evaluating Teacher Preparation Programs
The degree to which an assessment produces consistent results with repeated administration or across multiple raters.
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Using Mixed Methods Research to Explore User Loyalty in Selected Academic Libraries in Ghana With an Emphasis on Rigorousness
In quantitative research, reliability is the degree with which a research instrument is able to steadily produce the same outcomes given different context or settings with different respondents.
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Policy-Based Management for Call Control
The improved quality of data transmission, different types of reliability exist, including data accuracy or real-time delivery.
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Teaching and Assessing Data Literacy for Adolescent Learners
The degree of consistency of the test scores when its parallel forms are tested on different occasions and scored by different raters (i.e., measurement precision).
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Increased Workforce Diversity by Race, Gender, and Age and Equal Employment Opportunity Laws: Implications for Human Resource Development
A state of being that exists when an instrument (e.g., test) score is stable (e.g., each time a person takes a test, the score is the same; or if two supervisors rate an employee, they agree on the quality of the employee’s work).
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The Influence of Institutional Environment on Quality Practices and Its Impact on Regional Development
It is a parameter which measures consistency. In our work reliability can measure the construct´s consistency (reliability of the construct) or the indicator´s consistency (individual reliability).
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Impacts of Distributed Generations on Power System: Transmission, Distribution, Power Quality, and Power Stability
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Towards an Understanding of Performance, Reliability, and Security
The probability that the service-oriented system will conform to its expected behavior throughout a period of time.
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Analyzing the Security Susceptibilities of Biometrics Integrated with Cloud Computing
Reliability is the consistency of a system’s performance according to a predefined set of conditions. The probability of failure is a deciding factor in determining the reliability of a system. In the context of biometrics, when evaluating the performance, the FAR, FRR, EER, ROC, CMC, and D’ must be considered.
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Micro-Grid Planning and Resilience Within Bulk System Planning and Operation
A measure of the degree of certainty that the relay, or relay system, will perform correctly.
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Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
Reliability is an attribute of any computer- related component (software, hardware, or a network, for example) that consistently performs according to its specifications.
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A Research Contribution to the Analysis of Mobile Devices in Higher Education from Medical Students' Point of View
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Psychometric Post-Examination Analysis in Medical Education Training Programs
The internal consistency of a test and the degree of generalizability of test scores to the ‘universe of admissible observations’.
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Scanning Multimedia Business Environments
The improved quality of data transmission; different types of reliability exist, including data accuracy or real-time delivery.
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Data Mining Software
The probability of performing a specified function without failure under given conditions for a specified period of time.
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Assessing Mobile Applications Considered Medical Devices
Relates to the consistency of repeated measurements.
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Vehicular Delay Tolerant Networks
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Quality and Online Banking Case Study: “We Bank” Attijari Bank in Tunisia
The bank enjoys several elements that allow its efficiency.
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Case Study: Defining and Differentiating Among Types of Case Studies
The extent to which measures or results are replicable.
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Factors Influencing Virtual Learning System Usage in Higher Education
A non-functional characteristic that refers to the capability of the system to retain its performance level. It also implies little or no disruption/system downtime.
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Quality of Service and Radio Management in Biomedical Wireless Sensor Networks
Is the ability of a system to perform as required under predefined conditions during a specific period.
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Certifications for Medical Interpreters: A Comparative Analysis
the consistency of exam administration and scoring
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Mobility Protocols
Reliability is an attribute of any computer- related component (software, or hardware, or a network, for example) that consistently performs according to its specifications.
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Perception of VO Reliability
The ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time.
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Optimal Sizing of Hybrid Wind and Solar Renewable Energy System: A Case Study of Ethiopia
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Network-Wide Broadcast Service in Wireless Sensor Networks
In the network-wide broadcast scenario, it means the ratio of hosts that have successfully received the broadcast message to all the hosts that are supposed to receive the message when the broadcast process finishes.
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Basic Concepts of Electric Power System Planning: Contracting for Reliability and Cost Effectiveness
The object of a reliability evaluation is to derive suitable measures, criteria and indices of reliable and dependable performance based on components outage data and configuration.
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Methodological Considerations for Quantitative Content Analysis of Online Interactions
A measure of how close the observed scores are to the true scores, usually indicated by the consistencies among several measurements of the same construct.
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Smoking Assessment through Information Technology
Characteristic of a test which is internally consistent or gives consistent results over time.
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Analysis of TCP-Friendly Protocols for Media Streaming
The improved quality of data transmission. Different types of reliability exist, including data accuracy, or real-time delivery.
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Binary Decision Diagram Reliability for Multiple Robot Complex System
Reliability is the ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time.
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Evidence-Centered Concept Map in Computer-Based Assessment of Critical Thinking
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Assessing Creativity Using the Consensual Assessment Technique
The degree to which scores on a test are consistent–that test scores do not vary from day to day or depend on who is scoring a test.
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Reliability Growth Models for Defect Prediction
The ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time.
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Predicting Uncertain Behavior and Performance Analysis of the Pulping System in a Paper Industry using PSO and Fuzzy Methodology
It is a characteristic of an item (component or system), expressed by the probability that the item (component/system) will perform its required function under given conditions for a stated time interval.
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Measuring the Quality of Health Services Using SERVQUAL: Evidence From Portugal
One of the five quality dimensions of SERVQUAL that are applicable to services in general, meaning ability to perform the promised service in a dependable way and accurately.
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The Influence of Institutional Environment on Environmental Practices and Its Impact on Regional Development: A Gender Perspective
It is a parameter which measures consistency. In our work reliability can measure the construct´s consistency (reliability of the construct) or the indicator´s consistency (individual reliability).
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A Hybrid GA-GSA Algorithm for Optimizing the Performance of an Industrial System by Utilizing Uncertain Data
A characteristic of an item (component or system), expressed by the probability that the item (component/system) will perform its required function under given conditions for a stated time interval.
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Reliability and Performance Models for Grid Computing
The probability for the service to be successfully completed given a execution time.
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The Digital Payment Service Automation Attributes Model: Empirical Evidence of Railway Public Transport
In a public service system, it refers to how a company or service provider can perform and complete the promise they offer from their service.
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Test Design to Assess the Qualities of Science Students' Prior Knowledge
Characteristic of consistency of an instrument giving same results with itself.
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Reliability Enhancement of Smart Distribution Network Using Reconfiguration
A measure of the degree of certainty that the relay, or relay system, will perform correctly.
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Reliability Analysis during the Design Phase of a Complex Asset
Capacity of a system to carry out the functions that are expected from it, under established conditions and during a specified period of time.
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Trustworthy Computing
The ability of a software product to enable its expected functionality under certain conditions during a certain period of time.
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A Thorough Presentation of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2)
The consistency with which a diagnostic tool estimates what it is designed to measure.
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A Primer on Survey Research
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Analysis of Maintenance Operations: A Case Application
Probability that a system or a product will perform satisfactorily for a specified period of time under specified operating conditions.
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Bi-Criteria Optimization for Finding the Optimal Replacement Interval for Maintaining the Performance of the Process Industries
It is a characteristic of an item (component or system), expressed by the probability that the item (component/system) will perform its required function under given conditions for a stated time interval.
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Equitable Assessment Practices
The extent to which an assessment is dependable and consistent.
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A Multiphysics Based Finite Element Approach to Evaluate the Reliability of IC Packages
Reliability is a statistical term in production engineering. It is defined as 1- probability of failure. Alternatively, 1- probability of survival is the probability of failure.
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Information Availability
The degree to which a system performs its purpose for the period of time intended under the operating conditions encountered.
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Demographic Changes and Equal Employment Opportunity Legislation: Implications for Leveraging Workforce Diversity in the Field of Human Resource Development
A state of being that exists when an instrument (e.g., test) score is stable (e.g., each time a person takes a test, the score is the same; or if two supervisors rate an employee, they agree on the quality of the employee’s work).
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An Introduction to Survey Research
Indicates a survey will measure values consistently; also called repeatability.
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Grid Transaction Management and Highly Reliable Grid Platform
In transaction processing, reliability is an ability of a system or component to keep system consistency through performing its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time.
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A Return to Doing: How Authentic Assessment Changes Higher Education
The extent to which an assessment tool produces consistent results among individuals in similar settings.
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Reliability Analysis of Slope Using MPMR, GRNN and GPR
Consistency and validity of test outcomes determined through statistical methods after repeated trials.
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Device-Level Majority von Neumann Multiplexing
The ability of a circuit (system, gate, device) to perform and maintain its function(s) under given (as well as hostile or unexpected) conditions, for a certain period of time.
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Towards a New Model for Knowledge Construction and Evolution
The improved quality of data transmission. Different types of reliability exist, including data accuracy or real-time delivery.
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Investigation of Software Reliability Prediction Using Statistical and Machine Learning Methods
Reliability is the probability or the capability of a system that will continue to function without failure for a specified period in a specified environment. The period may be specified in natural or time units.
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Theory Development in Information Systems Research Using Structural Equation Modeling: Evaluation and Recommendations
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Reliability and Validity in Quantitative Research
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Survivability Evaluation Modeling Techniques and Measures
Recommendations E.800 of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T) defines reliability as follows: “the ability of an item to perform a required function under given conditions for a given time interval.” In computer science, reliability is defined as the probability that the system continues to function throughout the interval (0,t).
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Reliability Engineering Techniques Applied to the Human Failure Analysis Process
Capable of being relied on; always or often dependable in character, judgment, performance, or result.
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QoS-Aware Data Dissemination Mechanisms for Wireless Body Area Networks
Reliability is the ratio of the number of data packets delivered to BC to number of data packets transmitted by the source BMSNs.
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An Exploratory Factor Analysis of an Open-Access Virtual “Privilege Walk” Instrument
A measure of how well variables measure a particular construct (measured using Cronbach’s Alpha).
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Reliability and Sustainability of Water Transport Systems
Safety in operation (refers to components, appliances, installations, equipment).
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Hyperbole or Hypothetical?: Ethics for AI in the Future of Applied Pedagogy
The extent to which a research instrument can repeatedly provide the same results in temporally separated incidences of measurement.
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Spreadsheet Modeling of Data Center Hotspots
The probability that a data center system or its components will perform its required function for a specified interval under stated conditions.
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Reliability Assessment of Microgrid-Integrated Electrical Distribution System
A measure of the degree of certainty that the relay, or relay system, will perform correctly.
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Adult Learner-Centered and Scalable Online Competency-Based Education
The degree to which repeated measurements are similar with a given instrument. Reliability may also refer to a single assessor or multiple assessors.
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Fuzzy Reliability Theory: A Bibliometric-Based Review
The degree to which the result of a measurement, calculation, or specification can be depended on to be accurate.
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