Vriens, Ingrid
Comparing rating and ranking procedures for the measurement of values in surveys
Ingrid Vriens (PhD student)
Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Universiteit van Tilburg
Postbus 90153
5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)13 466 8046 / 2544 (secretary)
E-mail: Ingrid Vriens
Project: Project financed by NWO
Project running from: 1 March 2011 – 1 March 2015
Supervisors:
- prof. dr J.K. Vermunt (Tilburg University)
- dr J.P.T.M. Gelissen (Tilburg University)
- dr G.B.D. Moors (Tilburg University)
Summary of project
The study of values lies at the heart of the social sciences. Nonetheless, empirical social researchers have been involved in a long-standing discussion about the proper measurement of human value orientations, which revolves around the use of rating or ranking procedures. This project examines the appropriateness of both approaches in much-needed and novel ways, by : 1) directly considering the effects of response bias, 2) gathering and analysing data based on within-subjects survey experiments, which are from a Dutch nationality representative sample, and 3) making use of recent developments in statistical modelling of response styles and of rating and ranking data.
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