Measurement instruments
Mitchell, Andrew E. P.
Mitchell, Andrew E. P.
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2014-01-01
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• Measurement instruments enable the quantification of characteristics of interest to researchers
• There are several methods of measuring characteristics, including scaling techniques
• Any measurement instrument must be valid and reliable
• Measurement instruments are important in healthcare research as they enable the measurement of attributes that are difficult to observe directly, such as cognitive and affective characteristics
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Mitchell, A. E. P. (2014). Measurement instruments. In A. McIntosh-Scott, T. Mason, E. Mason-Whitehead, D. Coyle (Eds.), Key concepts in nursing and healthcare research (pp. 164-169). London: SAGE.
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SAGE key concepts
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9781446210710