عنوان

Measurement in medicine :

0521118204

0521133858

9780521118200

9780521133852

b528459

Measurement in medicine :

[Book]

a practical guide /

Henrica C.W. de Vet [and others]

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

2011

x, 338 pages :

illustrations ;

26 cm

Practical guides to biostatistics and epidemiology

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-327) and index

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

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"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

Clinical medicine-- Statistical methods

Medical care-- Evaluation-- Methodology

Clinical Medicine-- methods.

Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.

Epidemiologic Methods.

Outcome Assessment (Health Care)

Psychometrics.

Statistics as Topic.

Vet, Henrica C. W. de

20190531071458.0

[Book]

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