Selecting, developing, and evaluating research instruments

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 399-409

  Switzer, G E ^a   Wisniewski, S R ^b   Belle, S H ^b   Dew, M A ^a   Schultz, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032872261     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050161     Document Type: Review

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