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MeasurementandtheMeasurementofChange DeniseF. Polit, PhD, FAAN 978-1-4511-9449-4 • February2015 • Softbound • 7” x10” •352pp.

Ideal for graduate-level coursesonmeasurementor researchmethods, Measurement and the Measurement of Change: A Primer for the Health Professions provides a “gentle” introduction to an overview of complexmeasurement 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 healthprofessionalswhodevelopnew 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 • Acompellingmultidisciplinaryapproach draws from psychometrics, clinimetrics, andotherfields tohelp readers understandmeasurement concepts. • Diverseexamplesofmeasuresandclassification systems used inmedicine, publichealth, nursing, psychotherapy, epidemiology, physical therapy, nutrition science, andother healthfields, illustrate keymeasurement concepts. • Aglossaryof key termsanda thorough index support graduate- level researchmethods students aswell as practicing clinicians and researchers. • Practical guidance onmeasurement assists thosewhodevelop new instruments, adapt existingones, select instruments for use in clinical trialsor in clinical practice, interpret information from measurements and changes in scores, or undertakea systematic reviewon instruments.

Table of Contents Part I: Introduction

1. Basics ofMeasurement 2.Types ofMeasurement 3.Measurement Properties: AnOverview Part II: DevelopingMulti-Item Instruments 4. Challenges in ScaleDevelopment 5. ScaleDevelopment: ClassicalTestTheory 6. ScaleDevelopment: ItemResponseTheory 7.DevelopingClinimetricMeasures Part III: TheReliabilityDomain 8. Reliability:Test-Retest, ParallelTest, Interrater, and Intrarater Reliability 9. Internal Consistency 10.Measurement Error Part IV: TheValidityDomain 11. ContentValidity andFaceValidity 12. CriterionValidity 13. ConstructValidity:HypothesisTesting 14. ConstructValidity: Structural Validity 15. Cross-Cultural Validity 16. Interpretation of Scores PartV: ChangeScores and the ResponsivenessDomain 17. Change Scores andTheir Reliability 18. Responsiveness 19.The Interpretation of Change Scores

Research • Statistic & Theory