Development of questionnaires and scales: Factorial, exploratory and confirmatory analysis

The course is oriented to students and professionals in the areas of Health Sciences and Social Sciences.

OBJECTIVES:
• To obtain theoretical and practical knowledge in the development and application of instruments and tools for the assessment of information in Health.
• To develop a questionnaire or scale for the assessment of subjective health information, test its validity and reliability, and make a critical review.
• To develop practical skills to analyse the psychometric properties of a health measurement scale, namely statistical techniques such as principal component analysis, factor analysis, Kappa coefficient and intra-class correlation coefficient