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Health Measurement Scales: A Practical Guide to Their Development and Use

Published 7 December 1989
David L. Streiner, Geoffrey R. Norman, John Cairney
Citations9,651

TL;DR

This chapter discusses the design of items, their properties, and methods of administration, and some of the considerations that went into designing the items.

Abstract

1. Introduction 2. Basic concepts 3. Devising the items 4. Scaling responses 5. Selecting the items 6. Biases in responding 7. From items to scales 8. Reliability 9. Generalizability theory 10. Validity 11. Measuring change 12. Item response theory 13. Methods of administration 14. Ethical considerations 15. Reporting test results Appendices

Keywords

Decision Sciences