Reliability and validity of observer ratings of neighborhoods

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-36

  Andresen, Elena M ^a,b   Malmstrom, Theodore K ^c   Miller, Douglas K ^d   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^e,f  

^a Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice (CRIISP)   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Questionnaire; Reproducibility; Residence characteristics; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBURBAN AREA; VALIDITY;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 30744472157     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264305281001     Document Type: Article

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