The document discusses the most challenging aspects of jobs for young scientists in laboratory medicine. Three scientists discuss their challenges: helping clinicians make diagnoses quickly, properly prioritizing responsibilities as an academic, and managing time constraints. A fourth discusses the transition to being a laboratory director from an individual contributor. The document also asks about predictions for treating cancer in the future.
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MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES OF
RESPONDENT-DEFINED RATING-SCALES
An Investigation of Individual Characteristics and
Respondent Choices
2010
It is critical for researchers to be confident of the quality of survey data. Problems with
data quality often relate to measurement method design, through choices made by
researchers in their creation of standardised measurement instruments. This is known to
affect the way respondents interpret and respond to these instruments, and can result in
substantial measurement error. Current methods for removing measurement error are
post-hoc and have been shown to be problematic. This research proposes that
innovations can be made through the creation of measurement methods that take
respondents’ individual cognitions into consideration, to reduce measurement error in
survey data. Specifically, the aim of the study was to develop and test a measurement
instrument capable of having respondents individualise their own rating-scales. A mixed
methodology was employed. The qualitative phase provided insights that led to the
development of the Individualised Rating-Scale Procedure (IRSP). This electronic
measurement method was then tested in a large multi-group experimental study, where
its measurement properties were compared to those of Likert-Type Rating-Scales
(LTRSs). The survey included pre-validated psychometric constructs which provided a
baseline for comparing the methods, as well as to explore whether certain individual
characteristics are linked to respondent choices. Structural equation modelling was used
to analyse the survey data. Whilst no strong associations were found between individual
characteristics and respondent choices, the results demonstrated that the IRSP is reliable
and valid. This study has produced a dynamic measurement instrument that
accommodates individual-level differences, not addressed by typical fixed rating-scales.
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The world is changing. And quality professionals need to change right along with it.
Join ASQ's Executive Director and Chief Strategic officer as he explores the key forces that will shape quality, and how to stay on top of them.
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MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES OF
RESPONDENT-DEFINED RATING-SCALES
An Investigation of Individual Characteristics and
Respondent Choices
2010
It is critical for researchers to be confident of the quality of survey data. Problems with
data quality often relate to measurement method design, through choices made by
researchers in their creation of standardised measurement instruments. This is known to
affect the way respondents interpret and respond to these instruments, and can result in
substantial measurement error. Current methods for removing measurement error are
post-hoc and have been shown to be problematic. This research proposes that
innovations can be made through the creation of measurement methods that take
respondents’ individual cognitions into consideration, to reduce measurement error in
survey data. Specifically, the aim of the study was to develop and test a measurement
instrument capable of having respondents individualise their own rating-scales. A mixed
methodology was employed. The qualitative phase provided insights that led to the
development of the Individualised Rating-Scale Procedure (IRSP). This electronic
measurement method was then tested in a large multi-group experimental study, where
its measurement properties were compared to those of Likert-Type Rating-Scales
(LTRSs). The survey included pre-validated psychometric constructs which provided a
baseline for comparing the methods, as well as to explore whether certain individual
characteristics are linked to respondent choices. Structural equation modelling was used
to analyse the survey data. Whilst no strong associations were found between individual
characteristics and respondent choices, the results demonstrated that the IRSP is reliable
and valid. This study has produced a dynamic measurement instrument that
accommodates individual-level differences, not addressed by typical fixed rating-scales.
From Super to Savickas: A Review of Career Theory & its Application (Dr. JoAn...Kuder, Inc.
This presentation was conducted by Dr. JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey on May 21, 2014, at the 2014 Asia Pacific Career Development Association (APCDA) conference in Honolulu, HI.
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Don’t reserve your best business thinking for your career.
How Will You
Measure Your Life?
[ B Y C L A Y T O N M . C H R I S T E N S E N ]
EDITOR’S NOTE: When the members of the class of 2010
entered business school, the economy was strong and
their post-graduation ambitions could be limitless.
Just a few weeks later, the economy went into a tailspin.
They’ve spent the past two years recalibrating their
worldview and their defi nition of success.
The students seem highly aware of how the world
has changed (as the sampling of views in this article
shows). In the spring, Harvard Business School’s gradu-
ating class asked HBS professor Clay Christensen to ad-
dress them—but not on how to apply his principles and
thinking to their post-HBS careers. The students wanted
to know how to apply them to their personal lives. He
shared with them a set of guidelines that have helped
him fi nd meaning in his own life. Though Christensen’s
thinking comes from his deep religious faith, we believe
that these are strategies anyone can use. And so we
asked him to share them with the readers of HBR.
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Before I published The Innovator’s Dilemma, I got a
call from Andrew Grove, then the chairman of Intel.
He had read one of my early papers about disruptive technology,
and he asked if I could talk to his direct reports and explain my
research and what it implied for Intel. Excited, I fl ew to Silicon
Valley and showed up at the appointed time, only to have Grove say,
“Look, stuff has happened. We have only 10 minutes for you. Tell us what
your model of disruption means for Intel.” I said
that I couldn’t—that I needed a full 30 minutes
to explain the model, because only with it as
context would any comments about Intel make
sense. Ten minutes into my explanation, Grove
interrupted: “Look, I’ve got your model. Just tell
us what it means for Intel.”
I insisted that I needed 10 more minutes
to describe how the process of disruption had
worked its way through a very diff erent industry,
steel, so that he and his team could understand
how disruption worked. I told the story of how
Nucor and other steel minimills had begun by
attacking the lowest end of the market—steel re-
inforcing bars, or rebar—and later moved up to-
ward the high end, under.
ROLE OF HCG IN DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS-A CASE STUDY, ACBICON 2008
Jan2013 quovadis
1. Quo Vadis?
Quo Vadis?
The “Quo Vadis?” feature will allow young scientists (40 years of age and younger) the opportunity to express their
opinions on the future of laboratory medicine. Below are select responses.
What aspect of your job do you find most challenging?
“The most challenging aspect of my job is “Proper utilization of personal resources is “The most challenging aspect of my job,
helping clinicians move from a differential diag- the most challenging part of my job. As an aca- thus far, has been my transition from a trainee to
demic clinical chemist, one experiences concomi- a lab director. The authority to make decisions,
nosis towards a confirmed diagnosis in the tant opportunities. We all have professional de-
quickest possible time.” —Moushumi Lodh, the responsibility of making the correct decision,
mands on our time (e.g., clinical responsibilities, and the expectation to deliver them upon imme-
West Bengal, India advocating for the clinical laboratory and its em- diate request have weighed heavily on me and
ployees, teaching and mentoring, conducting re-
search and publishing, serving the university and could, at times, be overwhelming. I soon learned
national organizations). Learning to recognize that how to defer decisions I was not comfortable
one’s abilities to fulfill obligations is limited, and making so data could be collected, colleagues
therefore prioritizing the importance of these obli- could be consulted, and more information gath-
gations is certainly challenging. While flexibility in ered to make informed decisions in a time frame
responding to changing demands is paramount, I was comfortable with.”—Darci R. Block, Roch-
how one deals with this constant juggling of prior- ester, MN
ities will ultimately shape the direction of that per-
son’s career.”—Joshua Bornhorst, Little Rock, AR
2013 Question #1
Cancer has been around for
centuries, and over the last 50
years many optimistic views
have been expressed regard-
ing breakthroughs that would
dramatically reduce the bur-
“The most challenging aspect of my job is “The most challenging aspect so far in my
den of cancer. Most predic-
the time constraints. There are so many tasks to budding career was to adapt to my new role as the tions for finding a cancer
get done and oftentimes not enough time to laboratory director—a transition from an indi- cure have not yet been real-
complete everything as planned. However, I have vidual contributor to an organizational leader. ized, however. Do you think
found that making a to-do list and crossing Being an effective laboratory director requires a that cancer will become a
things off as they’re completed are very helpful. different focus on perspectives, behaviors, and
When all is said and done, I may not have accom- relationships compared to being a trainee. For highly treatable disease in the
plished everything on my list, but it keeps me instance, my value to the organization is no lon- future? If so, when do you pre-
focused and helps me manage the time more ef- ger determined solely by my individual perfor- dict that will happen? Five, 10,
ficiently.”—Brenda Suh-Lailam, Salt Lake City, mance, but by my team’s productivity and effec- 15, or 20 years from now?
UT tiveness. Understanding the team members’
personalities, motivations, strengths, and weak- E-MAIL YOUR ANSWER
nesses has become as important, if not more so, AND A PHOTOGRAPH OF
as the technical aspects of operating a laborato-
ry.”—Yan Zhang, Rochester, NY YOURSELF TO:
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Answers must be submitted by
January 18, 2013. Please in-
clude your full name and ad-
dress with all submissions.
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.199034
332 Clinical Chemistry 59:1 (2013)