Health measurement scales : a practical guide to their development and use / David L. Streiner, Geoffrey R. Norman and John Cairney
Imprint
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, c2015
Edition
Fifth edition
Descript
xiii 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Introduction to health measurement scales -- Basic concepts -- Devising the items -- Scaling responses -- Selecting the items -- Biases in responding -- From items to scales -- Reliability -- Generalizability theory -- Validity -- Measuring change -- Item response theory -- Methods of administration -- Ethical considerations -- Reporting test results