Exploring Rating Scale Functioning for Survey Research

Items with ordered response categories are common in survey research, such as when respondents are asked how much they agree with certain statements. But how large are the differences between categories of response, and how well do they distinguish between respondents? This volume is the first to introduce the evaluation of rating scales to an audience of survey researchers. Evaluating Rating Scale Functioning for Survey Research provides researchers with an overview of rating scale analysis along with practical guidance on how to conduct such analyses with their own survey data. Author Stefanie A. Wind presents three categories of methods: Rasch models; non-Rasch Item Response Theory (IRT) models; and non-parametric models, together with practical examples. Tutorials, datasets, and software code (R and Facets) to accompany the book are available on the book s website.

List of contents

Chapter 1: What is Rating Scale Analysis?
Chapter 2: Rasch Models for Rating Scale Analysis
Chapter 3: Illustration of Rating Scale Analysis with Polytomous Rasch Models
Chapter 4: Non-Rasch IRT Models for Rating Scale Analysis
Chapter 5: Nonparametric Measurement Models for Rating Scale Analysis
Chapter 6: Summary and Resources for Further Study

Summary

This book provides researchers with an overview of rating scale analysis along with practical guidance on how to conduct such analyses with their own survey data. Author Stefanie A. Wind presents three categories of methods: Rasch models; non-Rasch Item Response Theory (IRT) models; and non-parametric models, together with practical examples.

Report

This book makes a valuable contribution to the field of rating scale analysis, and one that methodologists in the field of psychometrics should strongly consider. Mark Ellickson

Product details

• Authors: Stefanie A. Wind, Stefanie A. A. Wind
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2023
• EAN: 9781071855379
• ISBN: 978-1-0-7185537-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences; Quantitative Applications in t
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, Social research & statistics, Psychological methodology, Research methods: general, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents, Textbook, coursework