Description
Explicit temporal comparability audit for two research reports, without assessing an informant or clinical agreement.
Research questionnaires and interview records distinguish answered, declined, omitted, unpresented, and inapplicable items. Timing and support annotations also affect their denominators. A completeness measure or scale transformation describes those records without establishing an instrument score or a mental-health assessment.
Explicit temporal comparability audit for two research reports, without assessing an informant or clinical agreement.
When to use this tool
Use Psychiatric Research Informant Time Gap when you need the particular completeness, timing, polarity, or bookkeeping term for supplied research and interview records.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter selfReportTime, informantReportTime, maximumComparableGap. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read signedGap, absoluteGap, withinWindow. Inspect withinWindow before interpreting the associated values.
Return signedGap=informantReportTime-selfReportTime, absoluteGap, and withinWindow using a nonnegative maximumComparableGap inclusively.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| selfReportTime | Self Report Time | Required. Finite number. |
| informantReportTime | Informant Report Time | Required. Finite number. |
| maximumComparableGap | Maximum Comparable Gap | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| signedGap | Signed Gap | Required. Finite number. |
| absoluteGap | Absolute Gap | Required. Finite number. |
| withinWindow | Within Window | Required. Boolean. |
{
"input": {
"selfReportTime": 10,
"informantReportTime": 14,
"maximumComparableGap": 3
},
"output": {
"signedGap": 4,
"absoluteGap": 4,
"withinWindow": false
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The window is a supplied timing rule. It does not determine whether informant and self reports describe the same event, are clinically comparable, or are reliable.
- The field tables state structural bounds; the mechanics also specify cross-field constraints. Malformed inputs and unsupported domains cause errors. A successful false flag, empty branch value, or zero placeholder has the meaning stated above and is distinct from an input error.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Signed zero is exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use the relevant validated instrument and its documented missing-response and scoring procedures when the task requires an assessment. Verify research annotations and timing before combining record terms.
References
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