Measurement and the measurement of change : a primer for the health professions / Denise F. Polit, PhD, President, Humanalysis, Inc., Saratoga Springs, New York, Professor, Griffith University, Centre for Health, Practice Innovation, Brisbane, Australia, Frances M. Yang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Medical College of Georgia, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia.
By: Polit, Denise F [author.].
Contributor(s): Yang, Frances [author.].
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2016]Description: x, 350 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781451194494 (pbk.).Subject(s): Epidemiologic Methods | Health Care Evaluation MechanismsGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 610.73| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basics of measurement -- Types of measurement -- Measurement properties : an overview -- Challenges in scale development -- Scale development : classical test theory -- Scale development : item response theory -- Developing clinimetric measures -- Reliability : test--retest, parallel test, inter-rater, and intra-rater reliability -- Internal consistency -- Measurement error -- Content validity and face validity -- Criterion validity -- Construct validity : hypothesis testing -- Construct validity : structural validity -- Cross-cultural validity -- Interpretation of scores -- Change scores and their reliability -- Responsiveness -- The interpretation of change scores.