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ISBN 10: 0826105084
ISBN 13: 9780826105080
Author: Carolyn Waltz
This fourth edition presents everything nurses and health researchers need to know about designing, testing, selecting, and evaluating instruments and methods for measuring in nursing. Thoroughly updated, this fourth edition now contains only the latest, most cutting-edge measurement instruments that have direct applicability for nurses and health researchers in a variety of roles, including students, clinicians, educators, researchers, administrators, and consultants.
Using clear and accessible language, the authors explain in detail, and illustrate by example, how to conduct sound measurement practices that have been adequately tested for reliability and validity. This edition is enriched with topics on the leading edge of nursing and health care research, such as measurement in the digital world, biomedical instrumentation, new clinical data collection methods, and methods for measuring quality of care.
Measurement in Nursing and Health Research Fourth Table of contents:
Part I Basic Principles of Measurement
1 Introduction to Measurement
2 Operationalizing Nursing Concepts
3 Measurement Theories and Frameworks
Part II Understanding Measurement Design
4 Strategies for Designing Measurement Tools and Procedures
5 Measurement Reliability
6 Validity of Measures
7 Standardized Approaches to Measurement
8 Measurement Issues in Qualitative Research
Part III Measurement via the Digital World
9 Using Existing Administrative and National Databases Meg Johant
10 Computer-Based TestingLouise S. Jenkins
11 Internet Data Collectio
Part IV Instrumentation and Data Collection Methods
12 Observational Methods
13 Content Analysis
14 Interviews
15 Questionnaires
16 The Delphi Technique
17 Visual Analog Scales
18 Magnitude Estimation Scaling
19 Guidelines for Writing Multiple-Choice Items
20 Measurement of Physiological Variables Using Biomedical Instrumentation
21 Evaluation of Measurement Precision, Accuracy, and Error in Biophysical Data for Clinical Research and Practice
22 Collecting Sensitive Information
23 Selection and Use of Existing Instruments
Part V Measurement Issues
24 Ethical Issues
25 Issues in Measuring Quality Care
26 Other Measurement Issues
Index
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