The Fifth Edition features the most current content,strategies, and procedures available with direct applicability to nurses and health researchers engaging in interprofessional research, collaboration,education, and evidence-based practice.

Table of Contents

• About the Authors
• Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• I Basic Principles of Measurement
• 1 Introduction to Measurement
• 2 Operationalizing Nursing Concepts
• 3 Measurement Theories and Frameworks - Satyshur Rosemarie DiMauro
• II Understanding Measurement Design
• 4 Strategies for Designing Measurement Tools and Procedures - Satyshur Rosemarie DiMauro
• 5 Measurement Reliability
• 6 Validity of Measures
• 7 Standardized Approaches to Measurement
• III Measurement via the Digital World
• 8 Internet Data Collection
• 9 Observational Methods
• IV Instrumentation and Data-Collection Methods
• 10 Content Analysis
• 11 Interviews
• 12 Questionnaires
• 13 The Delphi Technique
• 14 Visual Analog Scales
• 15 Measurement of Physiological Variables Using Biomedical Instrumentation - Stone Kathleen S. and Frazier Susan K.
• 16 Precision, Accuracy, and Uncertainty of Biophysical Measurements for Research and Practice - Ryan-Wenger Nancy A.
• 17 Selection and Use of Existing Instruments
• V Team Science
• 18 Interprofessional Practice Measurement and Evaluation - Antol Susan
• 19 Metrics and Benchmarking in Quality Improvement in Health Professions Education and Practice - With Scisney-Matlock Margaret
• VI Measurement Issues
• 20 Ethical Issues
• 21 Measurement Issues in Qualitative Research - Hupcey Judith E. and Kitko Lisa
• 22 Measurement Issues in Translational Science - Chlan Linda L. and Happ Mary Beth
• 23 Other Measurement Issues