Measurement and the measurement of change : a primer for the health professions - Polit, Denise F.; Yang, Frances (Frances M.) (Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, 2016)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Epidemiologic Methods; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms