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ITEM RATING TYPE MATERIAL OR MANUFACTURER NOTE... 

Beck Depression Inventory. The Beck Depression Inventory (Beck) test may be used to measure the depth of depression as a rapid screen for depressed patients. It is a self-rating scale of 21 items (13 in a shortened form), with each item rated on a four-point scale. It measures the immediate present and has been used in antidepressant medicine trials. The original 21-item scale can be completed in about 10 minutes and the test is able to discriminate between anxiety and depression. No subtests are present in the Beck. 

Depression Status Inventory. The Depression Status Inventory (DSI) scale is the professional s version of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). Each of the two scales (DSI and SDS) consists of the same 20 items rated on a four-point scale and is applied to adults with depressive symptomatology. The DSI is completed by the professional, and the SDS is completed by the patient. Both tests take about 5 to 10 minutes to complete. The DSI rates either the present situation or the last week prior to the test, and a total score is obtained. 

Mania/bipolar Mania Rating Scale 7 items rated 0-4 and 4 Cl with Ch/A Fristad et ah, 1992, 1995... 

Pervasive de- Aberrant Behavior Check- 58 items rated 0-3, 5 subs- P, T Aman et al., 1985 Aman and... 

Rating Form behavior subscales items rated 0-3 8-15 minutes 1996... 

Psychosis Children s version Brief 21 items rated by observa- Cl with Ch NIMH, 1985... 

Tics/Tourette s syndrome Yale Global Tic Severity Scale 42 items rated 0—5 for 4 types tics simple vs. complex X motor vs. phonic 15 to 20 minutes Cl with Ch/A Leckman et ah, 1989... 

Nisonger Child Behavior Rating Form 76 items rated 0—3 2 prosocial and 6 problem behavior subscales 8—15 minutes P, T Aman et ah, 1996 Tasse et ah, 1996... 

Preschoolers Child Behavior Checklist/ 2-3 100 items rated 0—2, 6 subscales social withdrawal, depressed, sleep problems, somatic problems, aggressive, destructive P Achenbach et ah, 1992... 

The Rating Fist for Evaluating Abnormal Behaviors in Children, consisting of 258 items rated on a 4-point scale, was the first original Japanese rating scale for children. It showed satisfactory sensitivity and specificity to distinguish between normal and behavior-disordered children (Fujita et ah, 1982). This scale was used in several randomized controlled studies of drugs for behavioral problems in children with autism and/... 

The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS Overall and Gorham, 1962) is an 18-item rating instrument covering a wide range of psychopathology. Ratings are... 

The Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer s Disease (BEHAVE-AD) scale comprises 25 items rated on a scale of 0 3. The part on paranoid and delusional ideations contains seven items typical in Alzheimer s disease, such as delusions of stealing, one s house is not one s home and spouse is an impostor type delusions five items assess hallucinations in different... 

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Item Rate of Work Done by Surroundings, hp Rate of Heat Transfer to Process, Btu/hr Percent of Heat Transfer Available for Work Equivalent Rate of Work Done on the Process, Btu/hr. 

Individual item rates should be scrutinized for consistency before comparing contractors offers. Experienced contractors are often able to spot, in a pricing schedule, items whose quantities are likely to increase (which they load) and those which should decrease (which they lighten), thereby securing a higher payment than the summation of their bid for comparative purposes would indicate. Items such as dayworks rates need a particularly jaundiced eye. 

As part of TIMSS-1999 (written test), the item ratings by mathematics and science education experts (intended curriculum) were compared with the opportunity to learn item ratings by teachers (implemented curriculum). For that purpose the mathematics and science items were split up in a set appropriate for... 

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