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The development and validation of assessment scales have become increasingly crucial in the fields of health and social sciences. However, the appropriate techniques and procedures are often unknown and/or difficult to understand. Often, the literature itself is contradictory in the application of practices. Additionally, the fact that this topic is not often addressed in academic and postgraduate training adds to the challenge.

Therefore, the main objective of this course is to present a clear and simplified synthesis of the best practices recommended in the literature for the development and validation of assessment scales. To do this, we will use the statistical program JAMOVI for the necessary statistical analyses. JAMOVI is a free and user-friendly software developed with the user in mind. It is a program in constant development and updating, and it is statistically inclusive, offering various options for statistical analyses.

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Modern psychological research involving latent variables and hierarchical data structures requires the use of advanced data analysis techniques, as elementary methods are unable to handle these characteristics of research. Although the statistical formulation is complex, most of these techniques have been implemented in various statistical software. The use of this software only requires knowledge of the theoretical foundations, assumptions, and characteristics of the techniques, with all calculations performed by the software. Thus, any researcher in the Social and Human Sciences has powerful tools at their disposal to analyze their data, provided they can decide on the different techniques and perform them in the software.

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The use of meta-analysis as a research methodology to synthesize and interpret large datasets from existing studies has grown exponentially. This training aims to provide a practical introduction to how meta-analyses can be conducted. Initially, common procedures for review studies will be considered to identify questions, and the search and extraction of data from secondary sources (studies). The essential analytical steps for meta-analysis, considering a theoretical-practical approach, include outcome measures aggregation, forest plots, heterogeneity diagnostics, subgroup analyses, meta-regression, methods to control publication bias, risk bias assessments, and visualization tools.

Examples of advanced topics, highly relevant in publication and applied syntheses in professional contexts, such as meta-analyses of multiple levels, repeated measures design, or Bayesian estimation methods, are also covered. Finding bibliographic references requires excellent management to make the most of them. Specialized software like EndNote allows importing references from the web (databases like PubMed or Web of Science), organizing them into subject groups, and using them when writing a scientific article. It also allows including the respective PDFs in these references and easily consulting them. Citing as you write is a valuable resource for those involved in writing a dissertation, report, or scientific article.

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• The workshop covers:
  How to make the most of the scientic writing process
  Editorial processes and how to work with them
  What it takes to get published in top international journals
• Workshop sessions include:
  Interactive sessions with activities, polls and Q&As
  An individual abstract consultation with a Nature Portfolio journal editor
  You will receive a workbook that includes activities for you to complete during the workshop
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  Increase confidence in writing papers
  Make the most of the writing process to improve accessibility and increase impact
  Understand editorial processes and how to work with them