title: Assessing and enhancing reliability.
abstract: When choosing a tool or instrument to gather data, the clinician must consider many factors including the validity, reliability, sensitivity, and specificity of the measuring device. While all of these factors are important measurement issues, this article focuses on assessment and enhancement of reliability.
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Mottola
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results