Standardised scales
Standardised scales are a group of related questions designed to measure an underlying concept (e.g. depression, parenting quality, smoking behaviour). These scales are standardised, validated, and re-used by the research community.
They are useful when conducting cross-study research as the scales are the same in each study, they measure what the scale sets out to measure (validity), and consistently produce the same results over time and across samples (reliability).
See some of the scales used by CLOSER’s partner studies.
CLOSER blog series on standardised scales
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Scaling up CLOSER Discovery
Becky Oldroyd discusses the benefits and challenges of using standardised scales and CLOSER’s plan to create and disseminate standardised scale metadata on our research tool: CLOSER Discovery.
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In search of standardised scales
Eliška Herinková reflects on her time working as a CLOSER intern and discusses how publishing standardised scales in CLOSER Discovery can benefit researchers.
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Empowering social and biomedical researchers with a new tool
Le Phuong Mai Pham reflects on her internship with the CLOSER Discovery team and her work to help facilitate comparative longitudinal research.