Methods and frameworks for crosscultural measurement.

Full Abstract

There is little agreement regarding best practices for constructing and assessing the quality of crosscultural measures. This paper discusses several topics that are relevant to further progress in this area:
1) a lack of consensus regarding conceptualizations of equivalence; 2) emphasis on shared methods versus shared meaning; and 3) the application of cultural theories to measurement problems. Future progress in crosscultural measurement will benefit from continued exploration of these issues.

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Author information

Author/s: Johnson, Timothy P (TP);

Affiliation: Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA. timj(-atsign-)uic.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Medical care (Med Care), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Nov; vol 44 (issue 11 Suppl 3) : pp S17-20

Dates: Created 2006/10/24; Completed 2007/02/23;

PMID: 17060823, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Cross-Cultural Comparison
Humans

Reference Standards
Research - methods; standards

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