Psychometric properties of a scale: Internal consistency;Propiedades psicométricas de una escala: La consistencia interna

Revista de Salud Publica

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 831-839

  Campo Arias, Adalberto ^a   Oviedo, Heidi C ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigacion del Comportamiento Humano   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Psychometrics; Review; Scales; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 68849096627     PISSN: 01240064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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