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Mitchell, Andrew E. P.Affiliation
University of ChesterPublication Date
2014-01-01
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KEY POINTS • 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 characteristicsCitation
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.Publisher
SAGE PublicationsType
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SAGE key conceptsISBN
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