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Evidence That Selecting an Appropriate Item Response Theory-Based Approach to Scoring Surveys Can Help Avoid Biased Treatment Effect Estimates
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Soland, James – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2022
Considerable thought is often put into designing randomized control trials (RCTs). From power analyses and complex sampling designs implemented preintervention to nuanced quasi-experimental models used to estimate treatment effects postintervention, RCT design can be quite complicated. Yet when psychological constructs measured using survey scales…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Surveys, Scoring, Randomized Controlled Trials