Item Selection in Development of WHOQOL-OLD / 中国心理卫生杂志
Chinese Mental Health Journal
;
(12)2002.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-583923
ABSTRACT
Objective:
Selecting items from item pool for the development of WHOQOL-OLD by six statistical methods. Testing the function of Cronbach ? and test-retest reliability method for item selection.Methods:
Collecting data by the means of multistage sampling, two new methods based on Cronbach ? and test-retest reliability were employed to select items in view of internal consistency and stability in addition to the commonly used methods such as methods of dispersion and correlation coefficient.Results:
Items selected by different methods were remained to constitute the old module of WHOQOL; items with high internal consistency or high stability were selected by methods based on Cronbach ? and test-retest reliability.Conclusion:
The four commonly used methods select items from aspects of representation, independence and discrimination, while methods based on Cronbach ? and test-retest reliability select the items in view of internal consistency and stability. The two new methods are recommended together with the conventional methods in item selection.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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