TY  - BOOK
AU  - Polit,Denise F.
AU  - Yang,Frances
TI  - Measurement and the measurement of change: a primer for the health professions 
SN  - 9781451194494 (pbk.)
AV  - R853 .P65 2016
U1  - 610.73 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Wolters Kluwer
KW  - Epidemiologic Methods
KW  - Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms
KW  - local
KW  - Print books
N1  - 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
ER  -