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    Measuring Video Gambling: Instrument Development and Validation
    (The original doi for the as-published article is doi: 10.1177/1049731502012003004. To access the doi, open the following DOI site in your browser and cut and paste the doi name where indicated: [LINK] http://dx.doi.org[/LINK]. [BREAK]Access to the original article may require subscription and authorized logon ID/password. IUPUI faculty/staff/students please check University Library resources before purchasing an article. Questions on finding the original article via our databases? Ask a librarian: [LINK] http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/research/askalibrarian[/LINK].[BREAK]Copyright © 2002 Sage Publications, 2002-05) Pike, Cathy King
    Objective: This article reports the initial validation of an instrument designed to measure problem gambling on video gambling devices. Methods: Two samples were collected and included (a) individuals at random lists of playing locations for all counties in one state (n = 553) and (b) a general public sample also drawn from each county (n = 542). Results: The scales attained high levels of internal consistency reliability and had a stable factor structure. The items predicted with high accuracy pathological and nonpathological gambling, and the scales performed well in examinations of discriminant and convergent construct validity. Conclusions: The research provided strong evidence of internal consistency reliability, as well as content, construct, factorial, and preliminary evidence of known-groups validity.
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    Understanding Persuasive Essay Writing: Linguistic/Rhetorical Approach
    (Publisher of original article: Walter de Gruyter. [BREAK][LINK]http://www.degruyter.com/[/LINK], 1985) Connor, Ulla, 1948-; Lauer, Janice M.
    This paper reports on research, funded by the Educational Foundation of the Exxon Corporation, to study several measures for describing and evaluating student persuasive writing. The variables examined were coherence, cohesion, syntactic features, and persuasive appeals. The data were 100 American and British high-school student persuasive essays randomly selected from the compositions of the International Education Association project. The results demonstrate the need for a multidimensional methodology to assess a broad range of linguistic and rhetorical features in order to adequately account for variation in writing quality among students.