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Correcting for Extreme Response Style: Model Choice Matters

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العنوان: Correcting for Extreme Response Style: Model Choice Matters
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Martijn Schoenmakers (ORCID 0000-0003-3338-3565), Jesper Tijmstra, Jeroen Vermunt, Maria Bolsinova
المصدر: Educational and Psychological Measurement. 2024 84(1):145-170.
الإتاحة: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 26
تاريخ النشر: 2024
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Response Style (Tests), Models, Likert Scales, Test Items, Item Analysis, Probability, Test Bias
DOI: 10.1177/00131644231155838
تدمد: 0013-1644
1552-3888
مستخلص: Extreme response style (ERS), the tendency of participants to select extreme item categories regardless of the item content, has frequently been found to decrease the validity of Likert-type questionnaire results. For this reason, various item response theory (IRT) models have been proposed to model ERS and correct for it. Comparisons of these models are however rare in the literature, especially in the context of cross-cultural comparisons, where ERS is even more relevant due to cultural differences between groups. To remedy this issue, the current article examines two frequently used IRT models that can be estimated using standard software: a multidimensional nominal response model (MNRM) and a IRTree model. Studying conceptual differences between these models reveals that they differ substantially in their conceptualization of ERS. These differences result in different category probabilities between the models. To evaluate the impact of these differences in a multigroup context, a simulation study is conducted. Our results show that when the groups differ in their average ERS, the IRTree model and MNRM can drastically differ in their conclusions about the size and presence of differences in the substantive trait between these groups. An empirical example is given and implications for the future use of both models and the conceptualization of ERS are discussed.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
رقم الأكسشن: EJ1408290
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC
الوصف
تدمد:0013-1644
1552-3888
DOI:10.1177/00131644231155838