The Theoretical and Technical Foundations of Health Measurement

6 April 2006

book chapter
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)

p. 10-54
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195165678.003.0002

Abstract

This chapter introduces the field of health measurement, tracing its historical evolution and describing its foundations in psychophysics, psychometrics, and econometrics. It reviews technical approaches to testing the validity and reliability of a measurement instrument.

Keywords

HEALTH MEASUREMENT
PSYCHOMETRICS
ECONOMETRICS
RELIABILITY
VALIDITY

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