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Validating the use of Anchoring Vignettes for the Correction of Response Scale Differences in Subjective Questions

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Comparing self-assessed indicators of subjective outcomes such as health, work disability, political efficacy, job satisfaction, etc. across countries or socio-economic groups is often hampered by the fact that different groups use different response scales. This paper develops an integrated framework in which objective measurements are used to validate vignette-based corrections. The framework is applied to objective and subjective self-assessments of drinking behavior by students in Ireland. Model comparisons using the Akaike information criterion favor a specification with response consistency and vignette corrected response scales. Put differently, vignette based corrections appear quite effective in bringing objective and subjective measures closer together.

Source: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society)

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985x.2011.00694.x

Authors: Arthur van Soest, Liam Delaney, Colm Harmon, Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith

Institutions: Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement, University College Dublin, RAND Corporation

Language: English

Topic: Psychometric Methodologies and Testing

Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze