Title Health measurement scales : a practical guide to their development and use / David L. Streiner, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Geoffrey R. Norman, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and John Cairney, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Publication Info.	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Edition	Fifth edition.
Description	1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Note	Previous edition: 2008.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction to health measurement scales -- Basic concepts -- Devising the items -- Scaling responses -- Selecting the items -- Biases in responding -- From items to scales -- Reliability -- Generalizability theory -- Validity -- Measuring change -- Item response theory -- Methods of administration -- Ethical consideration -- Reporting test results -- Appendix A : Where to find tests -- Appendix B : A (very) brief introduction to factor analysis.
Summary	"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 discussionof 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 anypractitioner dealing with this kind of data."--Ebook Library.
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Subject	Health status indicators -- Measurement.
	Health status indicators -- Measurement.
	Health status indicators.
	Health surveys.
	Health surveys.
	Public health -- Evaluation.
	Public health -- Evaluation.
	Medical care -- Evaluation.
	Medical care -- Evaluation.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic book.
Subject	Medical care.
Added Author	Norman, Geoffrey R., author.
	Cairney, John, 1968- author.
Other Form:	Print version: Streiner, David L. Health measurement scales. Fifth edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015 9780199685219 (DLC) 2014939328 (OCoLC)892563333
ISBN	9780191508325 (electronic book)
	0191508322 (electronic book)
	1322286884 (e-book)
	9781322286884 (e-book)
	9780199685219
	0199685215

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