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Direct linkTutz, Gerhard; Berger, Moritz – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2016
Heterogeneity in response styles can affect the conclusions drawn from rating scale data. In particular, biased estimates can be expected if one ignores a tendency to middle categories or to extreme categories. An adjacent categories model is proposed that simultaneously models the content-related effects and the heterogeneity in response styles.…
Descriptors: Response Style (Tests), Rating Scales, Data Interpretation, Statistical Bias
