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Reliability of psychometric tools
The article discusses two papers in the issue which focus on new developments in psychometric methods for the assessment of instruments. Leung and colleagues, highlight the need to address the reliability and validity of the data collected by psychometric tools, to avoid the two fundamental errors (systematic and non-systematic) causing inconsistencies in datasets. West and colleagues use the Family Impact of Pain Scale (FIPS) questionnaire on three domains for psychometric testing.
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Publication title
Nurse Researcher: the international journal of research methodology in nursing and health careVolume
20Pagination
4-5ISSN
1351-5578Department/School
School of Health SciencesPublisher
RCN PublishingPlace of publication
United KingdomRights statement
copyright 2012 RCN PublishingRepository Status
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