Research on child care has focused on preschool children, and has generally used tests and other measures to assess development.

To what extent did the chosen constructs and measures adequately assess what the study intended to study?

The measures assessed whether the survivors had ever attempted suicide or whether they had experienced significant suicidal ideation within the past week; 29 participants (12.83%) reported suicidality.

This measure assesses whether you have a deficiency of vitamin D, which is essential for your body's absorption of calcium.

Studies lacking an objective standard of reality and that utilize self-report measures to assess depression were more likely to find depressive realism effects.

To the Editor: The new measure of poverty under development by the Census Bureau (Arts & Ideas pages, May 26) will more accurately assess immediate economic need.

Therefore, a lack of consistency in the measurement of GO makes it difficult to ascertain what the scales and measures are actually assessing.

A financial measure assesses the availability of the required funds given resources.

These measures assess the constructs of adherence to conventional morality, internal-external correspondence, self-motivation, social absorption and social individuation, and strength of sense of self.

The Democratic measure also would assess private insurers for a $3 billion projected deficit in the association, which covers about half of the state's 4.2 million private passenger automobiles.