Adaptive Visual Analog Scales (AVAS): A modifiable software program for the creation, administration, and scoring of visual analog scales

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-106

  Marsh Richard, Dawn M ^a   Hatzis, E S ^b   Mathis, C W ^a   Venditti, Nicholas ^c   Dougherty, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VISION;

HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65349117517     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.41.1.99     Document Type: Article

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