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Medical Epidemiology

Health Measurement Scales

A practical guide to their development and use

by (author) David L. Streiner & Geoffrey R. Norman

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2008
Category
Epidemiology
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780199231881
    Publish Date
    Oct 2008
    List Price
    $59.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780192626707
    Publish Date
    Nov 1995
    List Price
    $55.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780199685219
    Publish Date
    Dec 2014
    List Price
    $76.50

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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 fourth edition of Health Measurement Scales enables these groups, who
often have limited knowledge of statistics, to both develop scales to measure non-tangible health outcomes, and better evaluate and differentiate between existing tools.

It covers how the individual items are developed; various biases that can affect responses (eg 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 then 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.
It synthesizes the theory of scale construction with practical advice, making it the ultimate guide to how to develop and validate measurement scales that are to be used in the health sciences.

About the authors

David L. Streiner is a professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and senior scientific editor of Health Reports.

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