The communicative effectiveness survey: Investigating its item-level psychometric properties

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-447

  Donovan, Neila J ^a,b,c   Velozo, Craig A ^a,b   Rosenbek, John C ^b  

^a VA HSR and D/RR and D Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c 72 Hatcher Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATIVE EFFECTIVENESS SURVEY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORY;

EID: 38049067072     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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