Choosing the number of categories in agree-disagree scales
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- dc.contributor.author Revilla, Melanieca
- dc.contributor.author Saris, Willem E.ca
- dc.contributor.author Krosnick, Jon A.ca
- dc.date.accessioned 2017-03-24T11:03:40Z
- dc.date.available 2017-03-24T11:03:40Z
- dc.date.issued 2009
- dc.description.abstract Although agree-disagree (AD) rating scales suffer from acquiescence response bias, entail enhanced cognitive burden, and yield data of lower quality (Krosnick, 1991; Saris, Revilla, Krosnick, Schaeffer, forthcoming), these scales remain popular with researchers due to practical considerations (e.g., ease of item preparation, speed of administration, reduced administration costs). This paper shows that if researchers want to use AD scales, they should offer 5 answer categories rather than 7 or 11, because the latter yield data of lower quality. This is shown using data from four multitraitmultimethod (MTMM) experiments implemented in the third round of the European Social Survey. The quality of items with different rating scale lengths were computed and compared.ca
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- dc.identifier.citation Choosing the number of categories in agree-disagree scalesca
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/28305
- dc.language.iso engca
- dc.relation.ispartofseries RECSM Working Paper Series;5
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- dc.title Choosing the number of categories in agree-disagree scalesca
- dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperca