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Books

Armstrong,B.K., White,E. and Saracci,R. 1992. Principles of exposure measurement in epidemiology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 351pp.

Kraemer,H.C. 1992. Evaluating medical tests - Objective and quantitative guidelines. Newbury Park: Sage Publications. 295pp.

Streiner,D.L. and Norman,G.R. 1995. Health measurement scales - A practical guide to their development and use. 2^nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 231pp. (excellent book discussing issues related to data collection, reliability and validity of measurement)

Articles

Bland,M.  2001: Applying the right statistics: Analyses of measurement studies.

Bland,J.M. and Altman,D.G. 1986. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet, i, 307-310.

Bland,J.M. and Altman,D.G. 1986. Comparing methods of measurement: why plotting difference against standard method is misleading. Lancet, 346, 1085-7.

Altman and Bland's statistics notes in British Medical Journal

Altman and Bland: Frequently asked questions on the design and analysis of measurement studies

Ludbrook,J. 2002: Statistical techniques for comparing measurers and methods of measurement: A critical review. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 29, 527-536.

Online resources 

Home page of the CASS Question Bank. The Centre for Applied Social Surveys funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council