title: [Procedure of evaluation of indicators reliability degree].
abstract: The problem of adequacy of represented scientific information to reality is always actual. Nevertheless, researchers pay little attention to this issue. Methods measuring reliability degree of credibility of indicators characterizing object from object groups are lacking. Proposed method of evaluation of credibility degree of represented information about object and of indicators values reliability in non-random group is described. Reliability degree is expressed by one digit. Such new term as "prevalidity" (preliminary validity) designating credibility degree of indicators values in non-random group is proposed. The proposed method was applied in report year of 2004 to calculate prevalidity of indicators specifying epidemiological situation on tuberculosis in regions of Russia. Three regions were revealed where report data had very low credibility degree--Kaliningradskaya oblast, Republic of Tyva and Kamchatckaya oblast.
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Sazykin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011336:Probability; D012008:Recurrence; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality