RT Book, Section
A1 Portney, Leslie G.
SR Print(0)
ID 1186211233
T1 Principles of Measurement
T2 Foundations of Clinical Research: Applications to Evidence-Based Practice, 4e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB F. A. Davis Company
PP New York, NY
SN 9780803661134
LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1186211233
RD 2024/04/25
AB Scientists  and  clinicians  use  measurement  as  a  way  of  understanding,  evaluating,  and  differentiating  characteristics  of  people,  objects,  and  systems.  Measurement  provides  a  mechanism  for  achieving  a  degree  of  precision  in  this  understanding  so  that  we  can  describe  physical  or  behavioral  characteristics  according  to  their  quantity,  degree,  capacity,  or  quality.  This  allows  us  to  communicate  in  objective  terms,  giving  us  a  common  sense  of  “how  much”  or  “how  little”  without  ambiguous  interpretation.  There  are  virtually  no  clinical  decisions  or  actions  that  are  independent  of  some  type  of  measurement.