Comment on

• Guidelines for improving the stringency of response shift research using the thentest.

  Schwartz CE, Sprangers MA. Schwartz CE, et al. Qual Life Res. 2010 May;19(4):455-64. doi: 10.1007/s11136-010-9585-9. Epub 2010 Jan 19. Qual Life Res. 2010. PMID: 20084465
• Abandoning the language of "response shift": a plea for conceptual clarity in distinguishing scale recalibration from true changes in quality of life.

  Ubel PA, Peeters Y, Smith D. Ubel PA, et al. Qual Life Res. 2010 May;19(4):465-71. doi: 10.1007/s11136-010-9592-x. Epub 2010 Jan 29. Qual Life Res. 2010. PMID: 20112000
• Why should changing the bathwater have to harm the baby?

  Ubel PA, Smith DM. Ubel PA, et al. Qual Life Res. 2010 May;19(4):481-2. doi: 10.1007/s11136-010-9613-9. Epub 2010 Mar 25. Qual Life Res. 2010. PMID: 20336489 No abstract available.
• An opportunity to refine our understanding of "response shift" and to educate researchers on designing quality research studies: response to Ubel, Peeters, and Smith.

  Reeve BB. Reeve BB. Qual Life Res. 2010 May;19(4):473-5. doi: 10.1007/s11136-010-9612-x. Epub 2010 Mar 25. Qual Life Res. 2010. PMID: 20336490
• Do not throw out the baby with the bath water: build on current approaches to realize conceptual clarity. Response to Ubel, Peeters, and Smith.

  Sprangers MA, Schwartz CE. Sprangers MA, et al. Qual Life Res. 2010 May;19(4):477-9. doi: 10.1007/s11136-010-9611-y. Epub 2010 Mar 25. Qual Life Res. 2010. PMID: 20336491 Free PMC article. No abstract available.