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008			141028t20162016paua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2014042604
020			_a9781451194494 (pbk.)
020			_z1451194498 (pbk.)
035			_a(DNLM)101644570
040			_aDNLM/DLC _cDLC _erda _dDLC
042			_apcc
049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aR853 _b.P65 2016
060	1	0	_aWA 950
082	0	0	_a610.73 _223
100	1		_aPolit, Denise F., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMeasurement and the measurement of change : _ba primer for the health professions / _cDenise 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.
264		1	_aPhiladelphia : _bWolters Kluwer, _c[2016]
300			_ax, 350 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c26 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aBasics 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.
650	1	2	_aEpidemiologic Methods.
650	2	2	_aHealth Care Evaluation Mechanisms.
655		0	_2local _94 _aPrint books.
700	1		_aYang, Frances, _eauthor.
942			_2lcc _cBOOKS
260			_c[2016]
999			_c310614 _d310614