Summary
Contents
Subject index
This latest edition of Resources for Nursing Research provides a comprehensive bibliography of sources on nursing research and includes references for books, journal papers and Internet resources. This Fourth Edition covers the disciplines of nursing, health care, and the social sciences.
Measurement
Measurement
Measurement – General
The process of measurement involves the delineation of what needs to be measured in terms of the research problem, the development of an instrument to measure it and then analysis of the resulting data. Outcome measures are of particular importance in the current climate of health service development and some references to this literature are included here. Other material may be found in section 2.43.
Definitions [See Appendix D for Sources]
Criterion-referenced measures – techniques appropriate for determining whether or not an individual has acquired a set of behaviour or mastered a specific task
Measurement – the assignment of some numerical value to objects or events to represent the kind or amount of some characteristic of those objects or events [Measurement as used in this ...
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