Methods for testing data quality, scaling assumptions, and reliability: The IQOLA Project approach

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 945-952

  Ware Jr , John E ^a   Gandek, Barbara ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status indicators; Likert scales; Reliability; Scaling assumptions; Translations; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 0032211560     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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