Chapter-20 Quality of Measurements
BOOK TITLE: Epidemiology for Undergraduates
Author
1. Joseph Marina Rajan
ISBN
9788180619175
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10262_20
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2007
Pages
5
Author Affiliations
1.
Malankara Orthodox Syrian, Church Medical College, Kolenchery, Ernakulam Dist., Kerala
Chapter keywords
Quality of measurements,
Characteristics of measurements in health care,
Making reliable measurements,
Making valid measurements,
Non-sampling variations (non-sampling error),
Other factors about health care measurements,
Quality of measurements made in health care important,
Questionnaire as an instrument,
Reasons for ensuring quality of measurements,
Sampling variation (sampling error),
Varieties of errors during any measurements,
Ways in which errors can be minimised