The mathematical relationship among different forms of responsiveness coefficients

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 815-822

  Norman, G R ^a   Wyrwich, Kathleen W ^b   Patrick, Donald L ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalence; HRQL; Mathematics; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARIANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247534233     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9180-x     Document Type: Article

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