Reliability and validity in a nutshell

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3237-3243

  Bannigan, Katrina ^a   Watson, Roger ^b  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nursing; Questionnaires; Reliability; Stability; Utility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70449486972     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02939.x     Document Type: Article

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