Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Subject "Research synthesis"
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Stability of boundaries between response options of response scales: does ‘very happy’ remain equally happy over the years?
(Springer, 2015)The differences between response scales in number and wording of response options make it hard to compare data from survey research and to perform research syntheses. A recent method that we have developed to tackle this ... -
‘Very happy’ is not always equally happy: on the meaning of verbal response options in survey questions
(Springer, 2015)Survey research is based on questioning and respondents typically answer to questions by picking one of several response options. These response options are labeled verbally with terms such as very happy or fairly happy ...