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Health measurement scales : a practical guide to their development and use

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Streiner, D L

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Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2015Edition: 5th edISBN:

0199685215

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Summary: This book provides a guide to developing and validating measurement scales that are to be used in the health sciences. The book covers how the individual items are developed; various biases that can affect responses (e.g. social desirability, ""yea-saying"", framing); various response options; how to select the best items in the set; how to combine them into a scale; and finally how to determine the reliability and validity of the scale. It concludes with a discussion of ethical issues that may be encountered, and guidelines for reporting the results of the scale development process."

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves	W270 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		NE10643
Book	Queen's Hospital Jackie Blanks Library Shelves	WB 141.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		T09710

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This book provides a guide to developing and validating measurement scales that are to be used in the health sciences. The book covers how the individual items are developed; various biases that can affect responses (e.g. social desirability, ""yea-saying"", framing); various response options; how to select the best items in the set; how to combine them into a scale; and finally how to determine the reliability and validity of the scale. It concludes with a discussion of ethical issues that may be encountered, and guidelines for reporting the results of the scale development process."

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