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Research • Statistic & Theory
Measurement and the Measurement of Change
Denise F. Polit, PhD, FAAN
978-1-4511-9449-4 • February 2015 • Softbound • 7” x 10” • 352 pp.
Ideal for graduate-level courses on measurement or research methods,
Measurement and the Measurement of Change:
A Primer for the
Health Professions provides a “gentle” introduction to an overview
of complex measurement content. While this primer assumes a basic
understanding of statistics and statistical inference, the statistical
content serves to enhance conceptual understanding rather than to
guide computations.
Drawing on measurement theory and approaches from a variety of
fields, including psychometrics and clinimetrics, this important work
provides unique information for health professionals who develop new
instruments, adapt existing ones, select instruments for use in clinical
trials or in clinical practice, interpret information frommeasurements and
changes in scores, or undertaking a systematic review on instruments.
Features
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A compelling multidisciplinary approach
draws from
psychometrics, clinimetrics, and other fields to help readers
understand measurement concepts.
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Diverse examples of measures and classification systems
used
in medicine, public health, nursing, psychotherapy, epidemiology,
physical therapy, nutrition science, and other health fields, illustrate
key measurement concepts.
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A glossary of key terms and a thorough index
support graduate-
level research methods students as well as practicing clinicians and
researchers.
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Practical guidance
on measurement assists those who develop
new instruments, adapt existing ones, select instruments for use
in clinical trials or in clinical practice, interpret information from
measurements and changes in scores, or undertake a systematic
review on instruments.
Table of Contents
Part I:
Introduction
1. Basics of Measurement
2. Types of Measurement
3. Measurement Properties: An Overview
Part II:
Developing Multi-Item
Instruments
4. Challenges in Scale Development
5. Scale Development: Classical Test Theory
6. Scale Development: Item Response Theory
7. Developing Clinimetric Measures
Part III:
The Reliability Domain
8. Reliability: Test-Retest, Parallel Test,
Interrater, and Intrarater Reliability
9. Internal Consistency
10. Measurement Error
Part IV:
The Validity Domain
11. Content Validity and Face Validity
12. Criterion Validity
13. Construct Validity: Hypothesis Testing
14. Construct Validity: Structural Validity
15. Cross-Cultural Validity
16. Interpretation of Scores
PartV:
Change Scores and the
Responsiveness Domain
17. Change Scores and Their Reliability
18. Responsiveness
19. The Interpretation of Change Scores