Table of Contents

How to Measure Survey Reliability and Validity
Learning Objectives
Overview of Psychometrics
Reliability
Validity
Scaling and Scoring
Creating and Using a Codebook
Pilot Testing
Multicultural Issues

About the Author

Chair, Department of Urology. Professor of Urology and Public Health. He trained at Harvard and specializes in testicular, bladder, prostate and kidney cancer. Dr. Litwin’s research focuses on improving quality of care and quality of life in urologic oncology. He leads Urologic Diseases in America (www.udaonline.net), the NIH’s largest effort at documenting the burden of urologic diseases on the American people. He also created and directs IMPACT, a state-funded program that provides free medical care statewide for low-income, uninsured men with prostate cancer (www.california-impact.org).