Measurement in health behavior
Subtitle: methods for research and education
By: Colleen Konicki Di Iorio
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2005
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Health behavior -- Measurement; Health behavior -- Research -- Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-296) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction to measurement; title: Types of measures; title: Measurement error; title: Survey development; title: Knowledge tests; title: Theory and measurement; title: Item writing and scaling; title: Review of statistical concepts; title: Fundamentals of reliability; title: Reliability assessment and item analysis; title: Validity; title: Factor analysis; title: Item response theory