The organizational trauma resilience assessment: Methods and psychometric properties.

Assessment validity relates not to the tests used or the analyses performed, but to the interpretations clinicians assign to results. The method used by a clinician to assess behavior is only valid in so far as it is appropriate for a particular purpose and can be interpreted with a high degree of confidence. The "appropriateness" of a measure and the degree of confidence in its interpretation is determined by the extent to which the content, psychometric properties, and ecological relevance all support a particular use. The articles in this clinical forum provide models for examining how behaviors are observed and interpreted through norm-referenced tests, criterion-referenced tests, and observational assessment methods.

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Advancing Cyber Resilience Analysis with Performance-Based Metrics from Infrastructure Assessments

Cyber Behavior ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-5942-1.ch107 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 2033-2055 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eric D. Vugrin ◽

Jennifer Turgeon

Keyword(s):

Assessment Methods ◽

Infrastructure Systems ◽

Quantitative Metrics ◽

Performance Based Assessment ◽

Assessment Approach ◽

Hypothetical System ◽

Qualitative Component ◽

Infrastructure Resilience ◽

Resilience Assessment

Cyber resilience is becoming increasingly recognized as a critical component of comprehensive cybersecurity practices. Current cyber resilience assessment approaches are primarily qualitative methods, making validation of their resilience analyses and enhancement recommendations difficult, if not impossible. The evolution of infrastructure resilience assessment methods has paralleled that of their cyber counterparts. However, the development of performance-based assessment methods has shown promise for overcoming the validation challenge for infrastructure systems. This article describes a hybrid infrastructure resilience assessment approach that combines both qualitative analysis techniques with performance-based metrics. The qualitative component enables identification of system features that limit resilience, and the quantitative metrics can be used to evaluate and confirm the effectiveness of proposed mitigation options. The authors propose adaptation of this methodology for cyber resilience analysis. A case study is presented to demonstrate how the approach could be applied to a hypothetical system.

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Assessment methods in surgical training in the United Kingdom

Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions ◽

10.3352/jeehp.2013.10.2 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. 2 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Evgenios Evgeniou ◽

Loizou Peter ◽

Maria Tsironi ◽

Srinivasan Iyer

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Surgical Training ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Assessment Method ◽

Assessment Methods ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Job Selection ◽

Surgical Trainees ◽

Similar Assessment

A career in surgery in the United Kingdom demands a commitment to a long journey of assessment. The assessment methods used must ensure that the appropriate candidates are selected into a programme of study or a job and must guarantee public safety by regulating the progression of surgical trainees and the certification of trained surgeons. This review attempts to analyse the psychometric properties of various assessment methods used in the selection of candidates to medical school, job selection, progression in training, and certification. Validity is an indicator of how well an assessment measures what it is designed to measure. Reliability informs us whether a test is consistent in its outcome by measuring the reproducibility and discriminating ability of the test. In the long journey of assessment in surgical training, the same assessment formats are frequently being used for selection into a programme of study, job selection, progression, and certification. Although similar assessment methods are being used for different purposes in surgical training, the psychometric properties of these assessment methods have not been examined separately for each purpose. Because of the significance of these assessments for trainees and patients, their reliability and validity should be examined thoroughly in every context where the assessment method is being used.

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Advancing Cyber Resilience Analysis with Performance-Based Metrics from Infrastructure Assessments

International Journal of Secure Software Engineering ◽

10.4018/jsse.2013010105 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 75-96 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eric D. Vugrin ◽

Jennifer Turgeon

Keyword(s):

Assessment Methods ◽

Analysis Techniques ◽

Quantitative Metrics ◽

Performance Based Assessment ◽

Assessment Approach ◽

Hypothetical System ◽

Qualitative Component ◽

Infrastructure Resilience ◽

Resilience Assessment

Cyber resilience is becoming increasingly recognized as a critical component of comprehensive cybersecurity practices. Current cyber resilience assessment approaches are primarily qualitative methods, making validation of their resilience analyses and enhancement recommendations difficult, if not impossible. The evolution of infrastructure resilience assessment methods has paralleled that of their cyber counterparts. However, the development of performance-based assessment methods has shown promise for overcoming the validation challenge for infrastructure systems. This paper describes a hybrid infrastructure resilience assessment approach that combines both qualitative analysis techniques with performance-based metrics. The qualitative component enables identification of system features that limit resilience, and the quantitative metrics can be used to evaluate and confirm the effectiveness of proposed mitigation options. The authors propose adaptation of this methodology for cyber resilience analysis. A case study is presented to demonstrate how the approach could be applied to a hypothetical system.

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