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

1. Health status indicators -- Measurement
2. Health surveys
3. Public health -- Evaluation
4. Medical care -- Evaluation
5. Epidemiologic Methods
6. Health Status Indicators
7. Health Surveys