Validity and Reliability Reporting Practices in the Field of Health Education and Behavior: A Review of Seven Journals

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-18

  Barry, Adam E ^a   Chaney, Beth ^a   Piazza Gardner, Anna K ^a   Chavarria, Enmanuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

health behavior; health education; psychometric properties; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VALIDITY;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84891894892     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198113483139     Document Type: Review

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