Increasing the Sensitivity of Measures to Change

Prevention Science

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 978-986

  Fok, Carlotta Ching Ting ^a   Henry, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native; Item response theory; Sensitivity to change; Small sample methodology

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84942502836     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-015-0545-z     Document Type: Article

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