Fundamentals of Measurement in Health Care Research

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 75-82

  Flannelly, Laura T ^a   Flannelly, Kevin J ^a   Jankowski, Katherine R B ^a  

^a Center for Psychosocial Research   (United States)

Author keywords

levels of measurement; measurement; research; research methods; scales

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICS; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH METHODS; SCALES;

LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH; RESEARCH METHODS; SCALES;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84899714352     PISSN: 08854726     EISSN: 15286916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08854726.2014.906262     Document Type: Article

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