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Title Measurement in medicine : a practical guide / Henrica C.W. de Vet [and others]
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011
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Description 1 online resource (350 pages)
Series Practical guides to biostatistics and epidemiology
Practical guides to biostatistics and epidemiology.
Contents Introduction -- Concepts, theories and models, and types of measurements -- The development of a measurement instrument -- Field testing: item reduction and data structure -- Reliability -- Validity -- Responsiveness -- Interpretation -- Systematic reviews of measurement properties
Summary "The success of the Apgar score demonstrates the astounding power of an appropriate clinical instrument. This down-to-earth book provides practical advice, underpinned by theoretical principles, on developing and evaluating measurement instruments in all fields of medicine. It equips you to choose the most appropriate instrument for specific purposes. The book covers measurement theories, methods and criteria for evaluating and selecting instruments. It provides methods to assess measurement properties, such as reliability, validity and responsiveness, and interpret the results. Worked examples and end-of-chapter assignments use real data and well-known instruments to build your skills at implementation and interpretation through hands-on analysis of real-life cases. All data and solutions are available online. This is a perfect course book for students and a perfect companion for professionals/researchers in the medical and health sciences who care about the quality and meaning of the measurements they perform"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-327) and index
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Subject Medical care -- Evaluation -- Methodology
Clinical medicine -- Statistical methods
Clinical medicine -- Methods
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Psychometrics.
Statistics as Topic
Outcome assessment (Medical care)
Statistics.
Epidemiologic Methods
Clinical Medicine -- methods
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
Psychometrics
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Statistics as Topic
statistics.
MEDICAL -- Laboratory Medicine.
Statistics
Outcome assessment (Medical care)
Clinical medicine
Clinical medicine -- Statistical methods
Psychometrics
Genre/Form Methods (Music)
Form Electronic book
Author Vet, Henrica C. W. de
Terwee, Caroline B
Mokkink, Lidwine B
Knol, Dirk L
LC no. 2011014907
ISBN 9781139137546
1139137549
1283316552
9781283316552
9781139144872
1139144871
9780511996214
0511996217