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

Streiner, D L

Health measurement scales : a practical guide to their development and use - 5th ed. - Oxford Oxford University Press 2015

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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