A Brief Review of the Types of Validity and Reliability of scales in Medical Research

Sajjad Bahariniya; Mohammad Ezatiasar; Farzan Madadizadeh

Journal of Community Health Research (Mar 2021)

A Brief Review of the Types of Validity and Reliability of scales in Medical Research

Sajjad Bahariniya,
Mohammad Ezatiasar,
Farzan Madadizadeh

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Sajjad Bahariniya: Department of Health Services Management, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Mohammad Ezatiasar: 2. School of Public Health, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
Farzan Madadizadeh: Center For Healthcare Data Modeling, Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School Of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University Of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 100 – 102

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Dear Editor in Chief Reliability and validity are concepts used to evaluate the quality of psychometric properties of a scale in medical research. Reliability is related to reproducibility, and validity is related to the accuracy of a scale. It is important to check reliability and validity when using a scale or questionnaire. The present study provides a brief overview of the types of validity and reliability in medical research.

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Published in Journal of Community Health Research

ISSN: 2322-5688 (Print); 2345-2609 (Online)
Publisher: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: http://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/

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