Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Document Type : Letter(s) to the Editor

Authors

1 Medical Informatics Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

2 Center for Healthcare Data Modeling, Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

3 Department of Healthcare Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

10.30476/ijms.2025.107691.4222

Abstract

In psychometric analysis, the concepts of reliability and validity are fundamental for assessing the quality of measurement instruments. 

Highlights

Farzan Madadizadeh (Google Scholar)
Sajjad Bahariniya (Google Scholar

Keywords

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