Health Measurement Scales A Practical Guide to Their Development and Use |
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| Author:
| Streiner, David L.
Norman, Geoffrey R. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-852847-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2003 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a practical guide to developing scales used in various health fields - medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, psychology, and the like. The chapters are presented in the order in which scales are developed: devising items, testing the items, combining the items into scales, assessing the reliability and validity of the scales; administering the scale; and ethical considerations. It has been used successfully by people from many disciplines, who have only a limited knowledge of statistics.
This is a practical guide to developing scales used in various health fields - medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, psychology, and the like. The chapters are presented in the order in which scales are developed: devising items, testing the items, combining the items into scales, assessing the reliability and validity of the scales; administering the scale; and ethical considerations. It has been used successfully by people from many disciplines, who have only a limited knowledge of statistics.