Robert F. DeVellis (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolyn T. Thorpe ( The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Broschiertes Buch

Scale Development

Theory and Applications

Beschreibung

Scale Development: Theory and Applications, by Robert F. DeVellis and new co-author Carolyn T. Thorpe, demystifies measurement by emphasizing a logical rather than strictly mathematical understanding of concepts. The Fifth Edition includes a new chapter that lays out the key concepts that distinguish indices from scales.

Autor

Robert F. DeVellis is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Health Behavior (Gillings School of Global Public Health) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. DeVellis has more than 40 years of experience in the measurement of psychological and social variables. He served as the first domain chair for Social Outcomes of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) consortium, a multisite National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap initiative directed at identifying, modifying, testing, and disseminating outcome measures for use by NIH investigators. He has served on the Board of Directors for the American Psychological Association's Division of Health Psychology (38), on the Arthritis Foundation's Clinical/Outcomes/Therapeutics Research Study Section, and on the Advisory Board of the Veterans Affairs Measurement Excellence Initiative. He is the recipient of the 2005 Distinguished Scholar Award from the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals and is an associate editor of Arthritis Care and Research. In addition, he has served as guest editor, guest associate editor, or reviewer for more than two dozen other journals. He has served as principal investigator or co-investigator since the early 1980s on a series of research projects funded by the federal government and private foundations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• 5 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9781544379340
• ISBN-10: 154437934X
• Artikelnr.: 61998436