Abstract
Measurement means the assignment of numbers to objects according to some rule. The quantification of some aspects of behavior relevant to human problems has been a difficult task, but behavioral scientists have made notable progress in this area. Application of mathematical principles to problems related to human health have also been difficult, forcing medical scientists to be among the first to use computers for solving the important problems they face. In general, it is possible to identify five characteristics of a good assessment technique: objectivity, standardization, reliability, discriminability, and validity.
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Caffrey, B. (1978). Psychometric Procedures Applied to the Assessment of the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern. In: Dembroski, T.M., Weiss, S.M., Shields, J.L., Haynes, S.G., Feinleib, M. (eds) Coronary-Prone Behavior. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86007-2_6
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