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Author:

Wind, Stefanie A. (Anne), author.

Title:

Exploring rating scale functioning for survey research / Stefanie A. Wind, The University of Alabama.

Publisher:

SAGE PublicationsInc.,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xix, 198 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Psychometrics.
Invariant measures.
Rasch models.
Psychology--Statistical methods.
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
Social surveys.
Invariant measures.
Psychology--Statistical methods.
Psychometrics.
Rasch models.
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
Social surveys.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

List of Acronyms -- Accompanying website -- 1. What is Rating Scale Analysis? -- 2. Rasch Models for Rating Scale Analysis -- 3. Illustration of Rating Scale Analysis with Polytomous Rasch Models -- 4. Non-Rasch IRT Models for Rating Scale Analysis -- 5. Nonparametric Measurement Models for Rating Scale Analysis -- 6. Summary and Resources for Further Study -- Tables -- Glossary.

Summary:

"Items with ordered response categories are common in survey research, such as when respondents are asked how much they agree with certain statements (1=strongly agree to 5=strongly 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; 193

ISBN:

1071855379
9781071855379

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1333619643

LCCN:

2022047111

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)