Format:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (348 p.))
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780511996214
Series Statement:
Practical Guides to Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Content:
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
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521118200
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521133852
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Vet, Henrica C.W. de Measurement in medicine Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011 ISBN 9780521118200
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521133852
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521118204
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521133858
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521118200
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
Keywords:
Klinische Medizin
;
Medizinische Statistik
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511996214
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