Search for dissertations about: "measuring"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 2243 swedish dissertations containing the word measuring.

  2. 1. Measuring expectations

    Author : David Kjellberg; Uppsala universitet; []
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  4. 2. Measuring Health : On the Theoretical Foundations of Health Status Evaluations

    Author : Amanda Thorell; Sören Häggqvist; Richard Dawid; Elselijn Kingma; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; biostatistical theory; disease; disposition; efficiency; function; health; pathology; philosophy of medicine; physiology; reference class; filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : This thesis is about the notions of health and pathology in medical theory. I develop a theory, which defines ‘health’ and ‘pathology’ in a way that solves several problems with earlier suggestions of how to define these terms. I call the theory ‘the disposition profile efficiency theory’, abbreviated ‘the DPE-theory’. READ MORE

  5. 3. Measuring Professional Judgements : An Application of the Factorial Survey Approach to the Field of Social Work

    Author : Lisa Wallander; Karin H. Bergmark; Ruth Ludwick; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Factorial Survey Approach; Vignettes; Professional Judgements; Sociology; Social Work; Social Services; Substance Misuse Treatment; Multilevel Analysis; Knowledge Use; Professional Development; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The focus of this thesis is the factorial survey approach as a method for studying professional judgements in social work. The factorial survey approach, which was first introduced in the social sciences around the beginning of the 1980s, constitutes an advanced method for measuring human judgements of social objects. READ MORE

  6. 4. Measuring Sensation Seeking

    Author : Eva Björck-Åkesson; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Pedagogik;

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  7. 5. Measuring health literacy : Evaluating psychometric properties of the HLS-EU-Q47 and the FCCHL, suggesting instrument refinements and exploring health literacy in people with type 2 diabetes and in the general Norwegian population

    Author : Hanne Søberg Finbråten; Bodil Wilde-Larsson; Gun Nordström; Kjell Sverre Pettersen; Anne Trollvik; Øystein Guttersrud; Unn-Britt Johansson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; confirmatory factor analysis; FCCHL; health literacy; health-promotion nursing; HLS-EU-Q47; HLS-N-Q12; measurement; Norwegian population; psychometric evaluation; Rasch modelling; type 2 diabetes; validation; FCCHL; health literacy; helsefremmende sykepleie; HLS-EU-Q47; HLS-N-Q12; konfirmatorisk faktor analyse; måling; norsk befolkning; personer med diabetes type 2; psykometrisk evaluering; Rasch modellering; validering; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad;

    Abstract : Aim: The overall aim was to measure health literacy (HL) in people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and in the general Norwegian population.Methods: Sampling 388 people with T2DM (papers I, II and IV) and 900 individuals (III) in the general Norwegian population a cross-sectional design was applied. READ MORE