TY - BOOK AU - Wind,Stefanie A. TI - Exploring rating scale functioning for survey research T2 - Quantitative applications in social sciences SN - 9781071855379 AV - BF39 .W563 2023 U1 - 150.28/7 23/eng/20221020 PY - 2023///] CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Psychometrics KW - Invariant measures KW - Rasch models KW - Psychology KW - Statistical methods KW - Social sciences KW - Social surveys N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "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 disagree). But how large are the differences between categories of response, and how well do they distinguish between respondents? This volume is the first to introduce the evaluation of rating scales to an audience of survey researchers. Evaluating Rating Scale Functioning for Survey Research provides researchers with an overview of rating scale analysis along with practical guidance 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"-- ER -