Section outline

  • Lecture: Understanding Measurement: Aspects of Reproducibility and Validity

    Distinguishing reproducibility from validity; how reproducibility influences validity; methods of characterizing reproducibility of measurements (within-subject standard deviation, intraclass correlation coefficient,  coefficient of variation); methods of assessment of validity in the presence and absence of gold standards

    Faculty:  Jeffrey Martin

    Location:  Mission Hall 1400 and online or +1 669 900 6833 (Meeting ID: 208 412 254) for Question and Answer Session

    • Session Slides:

    • Mid Quarter Review File
    • Measurement Reproducibility Validity 2018 Final Post File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Watch_Understanding_Measurement URL
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    • Watch_Review URL
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    • Recommended Reading:

    • Measurement Summary Chart File

    • S & N: Chapter 8 : Sections 8.1 - 8.2 (p. 349 - 354), sections 8.3.1 - 8.3.3 (p. 354 - 364), and section 8.4.2 (p. 389 - 400)

    • Bland and Altman. Measurement error proportional to the mean. BMJ 313:106, 1996. File
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    • Bland and Altman. Measurement error and correlation coefficients. BMJ 313:41-42, 1996 File
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    • Bland and Altman. Measurement error. BMJ 313:744, 1996. File
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    • Mc Dowell and Newell. Measuring Health: A guide to rating scales and questionnaires. Oxford 29-37, 1996. File
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    • Bland and Altman. Applying the right statistics: analyses of measurement studies. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 22: 85-93, 2003. File
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    • Bland and Altman. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 307-310, 1986. File
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Weir, JP. Quantifying test-retest reliability using the intraclass correlation coefficient and the SEM. JSCR 19:231-240, 2005. File
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    • Tips for MS Excel File

    • Assignment: Problem Set 7

    • Problem Set 7 Understanding Measurement 2018 File

    • Assignment Due Date:  November 6, 2018

    • Assignment Answer Key (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Problem Set 7 Understanding Measurement 2018 Answer Key File
    • Problem Set 7 Understanding Measurement 2018 Answer Key File