Health Measurement Scales, 6th Edition
A practical guide to their development and use
$137.78
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
22 May 2024
Summary
Health Measurement Scales
This is the ultimate guide to appraising, developing, and validating measurement scales used in the health sciences. Written in a clear and practical style, this guide enables clinicians and researchers to:
- Develop scales to measure subjective states and non-tangible health outcomes.
- Evaluate and differentiate among existing measurement tools.
Topics are presented in the order that scales are constructed:
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192869487 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0192869485 |
| Author: | Prof David L. Streiner, Prof Geoffrey R. Norman, Dr John Cairney, David L. Streiner, Geoffrey R. Norman |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Edition: | 6th |
| Release Date: | 22 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 726g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 156mm x 235mm |
Critics Review
Review from previous edition This book is a useful resource that should have a fairly broad appeal for researchers needing to develop new measurement scales, researchers who need to critically appraise literature concerned with measurement tools, and anyone interested in an accessible overview of important measurement issues and methods. * The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry *
The text is well laid out with chapters covering basic concepts, devising the items, scaling responses, methods of administration and ethical considerations being easy to read. * Occupational Medicine *
Urologists who are frequently faced with clinical assessments in various fields such as BPH, incontinence or erectile dysfunction, will find in this book complete and useful information.
This is a book that can be used as a key reference book by those who wish to study qualitative change in health status by the use of scales. * Occupational Medicine *
Prof David L. Streiner
Authors
David Streiner, Ph.D.
Dr. Streiner is a clinical psychologist by training and an emeritus professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster University. He also holds a professorship at the University of Toronto. He has authored nine books, 51 chapters, and over 400 articles. In 2022, he was elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Services.
Geoff Norman, Ph.D.
Dr. Norman is an Emeritus Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University. He has authored 30 books and book chapters focusing on education, measurement, and statistics, and has published over 300 journal articles. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 2007, received an honorary doctorate from Erasmus University, Rotterdam in 2010, and was appointed to the Community of Distinction of McMaster University in 2018.
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