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Evaluation methods in medical informatics /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Friedman, Charles P.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Wyatt, J. (Jeremy)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, 2006.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Health informatics.
Subjects:
Medical Informatics.
Medical Laboratory Science.
Medical informatics > Research > Methodology.
Medicine > Data processing > Evaluation.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Table of Contents:
  • Challenges of evaluation in biomedical informatics
  • Evaluation as a field
  • Determining what to study
  • The structure of objectivist studies
  • Measurement fundamentals
  • Developing and improving measurement methods
  • The design of demonstration studies
  • Analyzing the results of demonstration studies
  • Subjectivist approaches to evaluation
  • Performing subjectivist studies in the qualitative traditions responsive to users
  • Economic aspects of evaluation
  • Proposing and communicating the results of evaluation studies: ethical, legal, and regulatory issues.