individual item

collocation in English

meaningsofindividualanditem

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individual
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
us
/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
existing and considered separately from the other things or people in ...
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item
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaɪ.təm/
us
/ˈaɪ.t̬əm/
something that is part of a list or group ...
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(Definition ofindividualanditemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindividual item

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For each respondent a total ' general attitude scale ' score was calculated by summing the scores of eachindividualitemcomprising the factor.
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This study examinedindividualitemvalidity for 42 items measuring general physical symptoms and treatment side effects.
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From the diachronic point of view there need not be a change on the level of theindividualitem.
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Subsequent item analyses did not reveal any differences in the pattern of looks forindividualitemgroups.
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Similar to peer nomination procedures, counselors were asked to select no more than two children who were best characterized by eachindividualitem.
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Allindividualitemscores could range from 0-5.
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All of these topics deserve to be revisited in some form in the later commentary on eachindividualitem.
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This suggests that they learned to match rimes at anindividualitemlevel rather than mastered a general "rhyming" strategy.
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At the start of syntax, children seem to move beyondindividualitem-based word-combinations by assimilatory processes for which semantic similarity is irrelevant.
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The aggregate score (with possible values from ' 1 ' to ' 5 ') was derived by summing theindividualitemscores and dividing by five.
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Likert-type scale totals were created by averaging theindividualitemscores.
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Up to three missingindividualitemresponses were replaced with the case's mean for the remaining nonmissing responses.
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After reflecting the scores for the reverse worded third item, we summed theindividualitemresponses, and divided by three.
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Eachindividualitemor cluster of items distant by at least 10 m from the nearest conspecific item was counted as a single food patch.
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Camp counselors were asked to select no more than two children who were best characterized by eachindividualitem.
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The study explored early syntactic development, and tested the hypothesis that children use similarity of meaning in order to move beyond the learning ofindividualitem-based multiword constructions.
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A total score was calculated by summing the scores of eachindividualitemresulting in a possible range of scores from 5 (low satisfaction) to 35 (high satisfaction).
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Because of the differences in the ages at which these behaviors are expected to appear, analyses of whether eachindividualitemwas passed are used instead of an overall score.
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