Methodological approaches to shortening composite measurement scales

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-252

  Coste, Joël ^a   Guillemin, Francis ^b   Pouchot, Jacques ^c   Fermanian, Jacques ^d  

^a Hôpital COCHIN ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Composite measurement scale; Practicality; Psychometric methods; Shortening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030902265     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00363-0     Document Type: Article

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