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Volume 18 Number 1: pp. 29-50



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validscale: A command to validate measurement scales

Bastien Perrot
University of Nantes, University of Tours, INSERM
SPHERE U1246 ``methodS in Patient-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch''
Nantes, France
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Emmanuelle Bataille
University of Nantes, University of Tours, INSERM
SPHERE U1246 ``methodS in Patient-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch''
Nantes, France
[email protected]
Jean-Benoit Hardouin
University of Nantes, University of Tours, INSERM
SPHERE U1246 ``methodS in Patient-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch''
Nantes, France
[email protected]
Abstract.  Subjective measurement scales are used to measure nonobservable respondent characteristics in several fields such as clinical research, educational sciences, or psychology. To be useful, the scores resulting from the questionnaire must be validated; that is, they must provide the psychometric properties validity, reliability, and sensitivity. In this article, we present the validscale command, which carries out the required statistical analyses to validate a subjective measurement scale. We have also developed a dialog box, and validscale will soon be implemented online with Numerics by Stata.
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