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Weighting the Seriousness of Perceived Health Problems Using Thurstone's Method of Paired Comparisons
* McKenna SP (Department of Community Health, The University of Nottingham, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Clifton Boulevard, Nottingham NG72UH], Hunt SM and McEwen J. Weighting the seriousness of perceived health problems using Thurstone's method of paired comparisons. International Journal of Epidemiology 1981, 10: 93–97.
An exercise carried out to weight the seriousness of perceived health problems using Thurstone's method of paired comparisons is reported. For the purposes of illustration, the sleep section of the Nottingham Health Profile containing 5 statements is used. The calculation of the scale values associated with each statement is described and a new method of deriving weights from the scale values is proposed. The judgement of comparisons was found acceptable to Interviewees. The applicability of the paired comparison technique to the field of health is discussed.
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