Testing a Tool to Scale Quality of Life Indicators in Tanzania

Autor:	Andrew G. Burke, Matthew Lynch, Ilesh Patel, Alison Schwarzwalder, Zephania Chilangwa
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Comprehension Tanzania Quality of life biology Computer science Anthropology Scale (social sciences) Sample (statistics) Semantic differential Cluster analysis biology.organism_classification Social psychology Data science
Zdroj:	Field Methods. 20:179-190
ISSN:	1552-3969 1525-822X
DOI:	10.1177/1525822x07313812
Popis:	A quality of life questionnaire utilizing scaled response codes is created for implementation in a predominantly rural African setting. The authors design a concrete tool using color as a semantic differential as a means to ease semantic shifts and enhance participant comprehension. Although they find a fairly even response distribution and no significant clustering among a sample of questions for which the tool is used, their interviewers report that some groups have more difficulty than others and suggest alternative or complementary approaches. This article describes the authors' experience with the utility of their tool within the parameters of this study.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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