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Methodological Strategies In Using Home Sleep Apnea Testing In Research And Practice, Jennifer N. Miller, Paula Schulz, Bunny Pozehl, Douglas Fiedler, Alissa Fial, Ann M. Berger

Library Faculty Research and Publications

Purpose

Home sleep apnea testing (HSAT) has increased due to improvements in technology, accessibility, and changes in third party reimbursement requirements. Research studies using HSAT have not consistently reported procedures and methodological challenges. This paper had two objectives: (1) summarize the literature on use of HSAT in research of adults and (2) identify methodological strategies to use in research and practice to standardize HSAT procedures and information.

Methods

Search strategy included studies of participants undergoing sleep testing for OSA using HSAT. MEDLINE via PubMed, CINAHL, and Embase with the following search terms: “polysomnography,” “home,” “level III,” “obstructive sleep apnea,” and …

The Benefits Of Adding A Brief Measure Of Simple Reaction Time To The Assessment Of Executive Function Skills In Early Childhood, Michael T. Willoughby, Clancy B. Blair, Laura J. Kuhn, Brooke E. Magnus

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

Early childhood represents a period of rapid cognitive developmental change in executive function (EF) skills along with a variety of related cognitive processes, including processing speed. This leads to interpretational challenges in that children’s performance on EF tasks reflects more than EF skills per se. We tested whether the inclusion of a brief measure of simple reaction time (SRT) during EF assessments could help to partially address this challenge. Data were drawn from a cross-sectional convenience sample of 830 preschool-aged children. Individual differences in SRT were significantly associated with performance on all tasks (R²s = .09–.26); slower …

Problems And Promises Of Using Lms Learner Analytics For Assessment: Case Study Of A First-Year English Program, Valerie Beech, Eric A. Kowalik

Library Faculty Research and Publications

Learning management systems (LMS) are widely used in education. They offer the potential for assessing student learning, but the reality of using them for this is problematic. This case study chronicles efforts by librarians at Marquette University to use LMS data to assess students’ information literacy knowledge in Marquette’s first-year English program.