| Health Measurement Scales: A Practical Guide to Their Development and Use Revised Edition Contributor(s): Streiner, David L. (Author), Norman, Geoffrey R. (Author), Cairney, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199685215 ISBN-13: 9780199685219 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $64.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Epidemiology - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 362.1 |
| LCCN: 2014939328 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 9.6" (1.3 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Clinicians and those in health sciences are frequently called upon to measure subjective states such as attitudes, feelings, quality of life, educational achievement and aptitude, and learning style in their patients. This fifth edition of Health Measurement Scales enables these groups to both develop scales to measure non-tangible health outcomes, and better evaluate and differentiate between existing tools. Health Measurement Scales is the ultimate 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. Appendices include a comprehensive guide to finding existing scales, and a brief introduction to exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, making this book a must-read for any practitioner dealing with this kind of data. |