Health Measurement Scales: A Practical Guide to Their Development and Use (Oxford Medical Publications)

by Geoffrey R . Norman (Author), David L . Streiner (Author)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $4.33

  Now available in paperback, this is the second edition of the only practical guide for clinicians developing tools to measure subjective states, attitudes or 'non-tangible' outcomes in their patients. The second edition has been throughly revised to incorporate all the latest research published since the first edition. It has been expanded and includes a new chapter on ehtics and a thorough discussion of reliability and generalizability theory. Throughout the book the authors provide a practical step-by-step approach to guide the reader through the development of their own scales. This is an essential book for anyone who uses or would like to use rating scales in their clinical practice. This book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students of medicine and epidemiology; clinical researchers in a wide spectrum of disciplines; general medicine, psychology/psychiatry, oncology, neurology, rheumatology, cardiology, and primary care.

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  Paperback
  1991

  $3.25

  The increased awareness of the impact of health care on the quality of human life means that clinical researchers working in a wide spectrum of disciplines need information about soft measures such as pain, depression, or function. A sound, scientific, and reproducible system of measurement is required by clinicians and researchers in disciplines such as psychiatry, rheumatology, oncology and other health professions such as nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Based on a graduate course developed by the authors at McMaster University, this book describes the principles of measurement, developed in education and psychology, for a health sciences audience. The book discusses both traditional topics in measurement, eg item selection and reliability, and contemporary topics such as generalizability theory and latent tract theory, covering all the steps necessary in developing a new measurement scale, from the initial literature search to the design and analysis of reliability and validity studies. Many of the standard topics are addressed using a minimum of algebra and technical vocabulary. Although the examples are drawn from health sciences, the book should also be useful to all students of measurement in the social and behavioural sciences.