How discriminating are discriminative instruments?

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hankins, Matthew ^a,b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 45949094856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-36     Document Type: Review

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