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Exploring classroom willingness to communicate: the role of motivating future L2 selves (2020)
Journal Article
Shen, S., Mazgutova, D., & McCray, G. (2020). Exploring classroom willingness to communicate: the role of motivating future L2 selves. International Journal of Educational Methodology, 6(4), 729-743

This study investigated the link between future L2 selves and Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in the classroom in the UK university context. We applied a mixed methods approach to collect data from 121 Chinese overseas students where a questionnaire... Read More about Exploring classroom willingness to communicate: the role of motivating future L2 selves.

German translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire: cohort study. (2020)
Journal Article
KARSTENS, S., CHRISTIANSEN, D. H., BRINKMANN, M., HAHM, M., McCRAY, G., HILL, J. C., & JOOS, S. (2020). German translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire: cohort study. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 56(6), 771-779. https://doi.org/10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06054-2

BACKGROUND: The Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) was developed to measure the health status of patients with various musculoskeletal conditions across multiple settings including rehabilitation. AIM: Formal translation and cross-cultural... Read More about German translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire: cohort study..

The Place of the Bifactor Model in Confirmatory Factor Analysis Investigations Into Construct Dimensionality in Language Testing. (2020)
Journal Article
Dunn, K. J., & McCray, G. (2020). The Place of the Bifactor Model in Confirmatory Factor Analysis Investigations Into Construct Dimensionality in Language Testing. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1- 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01357

For practical and theoretical purposes, tests of second language (L2) ability commonly aim to measure one overarching trait, general language ability, while simultaneously measuring multiple sub-traits (e.g., reading, grammar, etc.). This tension bet... Read More about The Place of the Bifactor Model in Confirmatory Factor Analysis Investigations Into Construct Dimensionality in Language Testing..

Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in Primary Care Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain (2020)
Journal Article
Scott, I. C., McCray, G., Lancaster, G., Foster, N. E., & Hill, J. C. (2020). Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in Primary Care Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 50(5), 813-820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.06.022

Objective To evaluate the responsiveness, and concurrent validity of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in UK primary care patients with common musculoskeletal (MSK) pain presentations. Methods A secondary analysis of a primary ca... Read More about Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in Primary Care Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain.

Measurement properties of the musculoskeletal health questionnaire (MSK-HQ): a between country comparison (2020)
Journal Article
Høyrup Christiansen, D., McCray, G., Nøhr Winding, T., Hviid Andersen, J., Jacob Nielsen, K., Karstens, S., & Hill, J. (2020). Measurement properties of the musculoskeletal health questionnaire (MSK-HQ): a between country comparison. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 18, Article 200. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01455-4

BACKGROUND: The Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) has been developed to measure musculoskeletal health status across musculoskeletal conditions and settings. However, the MSK-HQ needs to be further evaluated across settings and different... Read More about Measurement properties of the musculoskeletal health questionnaire (MSK-HQ): a between country comparison.

Conducting a Feasibility Study in a Global Health Setting for Constructing a Caregiver-Reported Measurement Tool: An Example in Infant and Young Child Development (2020)
Journal Article
Lancaster, G. A., Kariger, P., McCray, G., Janus, M., Gladstone, M., Cavallera, V., …Senganimalunje, L. (2020). Conducting a Feasibility Study in a Global Health Setting for Constructing a Caregiver-Reported Measurement Tool: An Example in Infant and Young Child Development. Cases, https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529741414

The early childhood years provide an important window of opportunity to build a strong foundation for future development. The newborn’s skills and abilities increase rapidly in a secure, stimulating environment, with supportive interactions and adequ... Read More about Conducting a Feasibility Study in a Global Health Setting for Constructing a Caregiver-Reported Measurement Tool: An Example in Infant and Young Child Development.

The effect of response order on candidate viewing behaviour and item difficulty in a multiple-choice listening test (2020)
Journal Article
Holzknecht, F., McCray, G., Eberharter, K., Kremmel, B., Zehentner, M., Spiby, R., & Dunlea, J. (2020). The effect of response order on candidate viewing behaviour and item difficulty in a multiple-choice listening test. Language Testing, 38(1), 41-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265532220917316

Studies from various disciplines have reported that spatial location of options in relation to processing order impacts the ultimate choice of the option. A large number of studies have found a primacy effect, that is, the tendency to prefer the firs... Read More about The effect of response order on candidate viewing behaviour and item difficulty in a multiple-choice listening test.

Determining sample size for progression criteria using hypothesis testing in pragmatic pilot RCTs (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Lewis, M., Bromley, K., McCray, G., Sutton, C., & Lancaster, G. (2019). Determining sample size for progression criteria using hypothesis testing in pragmatic pilot RCTs.

Introduction: The current CONSORT guidelines for reporting of pilot trials do not recommend hypothesis testing of clinical outcomes on the basis of a pilot trial being under-powered to detect such differences and this being the aim of the main tria... Read More about Determining sample size for progression criteria using hypothesis testing in pragmatic pilot RCTs.

Effect-based traffic light progression criteria for pilot studies (2019)
Presentation / Conference
McCray, G., Lewis, M., Bromley, K., & Lancaster, G. (2019, October). Effect-based traffic light progression criteria for pilot studies. Paper presented at 5th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC 2019), Brighton, UK

Meeting abstract, from the 5th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC 2019).

The global scale for early development (GSED) (2019)
Journal Article
Black, M., Bromley, K., Cavallera, V., Cuartas, J., Dua, T., Eekhout, I., …Weber, A. (2019). The global scale for early development (GSED). Early childhood matters,

Using evidence from quantitative studies (2019)
Book Chapter
Lancaster, G., & Mccray, G. (2019). Using evidence from quantitative studies. In Evidence-based practice manual in nursing. (4th). Elsevier

Developing a video-based method to compare and adjust examiner effects in fully nested OSCEs (2018)
Journal Article
Yeates, P., Cope, N., Hawarden, A., Bradshaw, H., McCray, G., & Homer, M. (2019). Developing a video-based method to compare and adjust examiner effects in fully nested OSCEs. Medical Education, 53(3), 250-263. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13783

Background: Whilst averaging across multiple examiners judgements reduces unwanted overall score variability in Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE), designs involving several parallel circuits of the OSCE require that different examin... Read More about Developing a video-based method to compare and adjust examiner effects in fully nested OSCEs.

Exploring the Relationship between Examiners’ Memories for performances, domain separation and score variability. (2018)
Journal Article
Yeates, & McCray. (2018). Exploring the Relationship between Examiners’ Memories for performances, domain separation and score variability. Medical Teacher, 1159-1165. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2018.1463088

Background: OSCE examiners' scores are variable and may discriminate domains of performance poorly. Examiners must hold their observations of OSCE performances in "episodic memory" until performances end. We investigated whether examiners vary in the... Read More about Exploring the Relationship between Examiners’ Memories for performances, domain separation and score variability..

Creation of the WHO Indicators of Infant and Young Child Development (IYCD): metadata synthesis across 10 countries (2018)
Journal Article
Lancaster, G. A., McCray, G., Kariger, P., Dua, T., Titman, A., Chandna, J., …Janus, M. (2018). Creation of the WHO Indicators of Infant and Young Child Development (IYCD): metadata synthesis across 10 countries. BMJ Global Health, 3(5), e000747. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000747

Background Renewed global commitment to the improvement of early child development outcomes, as evidenced by the focus of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, highlights an increased need for reliable and valid measures to evaluate prev... Read More about Creation of the WHO Indicators of Infant and Young Child Development (IYCD): metadata synthesis across 10 countries.

Looking into listening: Using eye-tracking to establish the cognitive validity of the Aptis Listening Test (2017)
Report
Holzknecht, F., Eberharter, K., Kremmel, B., Zehentner, M., McCray, G., Konrad, E., & Spöttl, C. (2017). Looking into listening: Using eye-tracking to establish the cognitive validity of the Aptis Listening Test. British Council

This study investigated the cognitive processing of 30 test-takers while completing the Aptis Listening Test. The research studied test-takers’ processes according to ones targeted at the different item levels in the Aptis Test. Specifically, it... Read More about Looking into listening: Using eye-tracking to establish the cognitive validity of the Aptis Listening Test.

Looking into listening (2017)
Report
Holzknecht, F., Eberharter, K., Kremmel, B., Zehentner, M., McCray, G., Konrad, E., & Spöttl, C. (2017). Looking into listening. British Council

Sample size re-estimation in paired comparative diagnostic accuracy studies with a binary response. (2017)
Journal Article
McCray. (2017). Sample size re-estimation in paired comparative diagnostic accuracy studies with a binary response. BMC medical research methodology, 102 -. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-017-0386-5

BACKGROUND: The sample size required to power a study to a nominal level in a paired comparative diagnostic accuracy study, i.e. studies in which the diagnostic accuracy of two testing procedures is compared relative to a gold standard, depends on th... Read More about Sample size re-estimation in paired comparative diagnostic accuracy studies with a binary response..