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Psychometric testing

A psychometric toolbox for testing validity and reliability.

  PURPOSE: To review the concepts of reliability and validity, provide examples of how the concepts have been used in nursing research, provide guidance for improving the psychometric soundness of instruments, and report suggestions from editors of nursing journals for incorporating psychometric data into manuscripts.

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