Should We Give Up Domain Importance Weighting in QoL Measures?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-109

  Hsieh, Chang ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain importance; Quality of life; Relative importance; Satisfaction; Weighting

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84863092118     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9868-8     Document Type: Article

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