Description
| Product ID: | 9781071855379 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences |
| Title: | Exploring Rating Scale Functioning for Survey Research |
| Authors: | Author: Stefanie A. Wind |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Research methods: general, Research methods: general, Social research and statistics, Psychological methodology, Social research & statistics, Psychological methodology |
| Description: | 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Publisher Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-02-23 |
