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The effect of response formats on response style strength: An experimental comparison
| Content Provider | PsyArXiv |
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| Author | Henninger, Mirka Plieninger, Hansjörg Meiser, Thorsten |
| Description | Many researchers use self-report data to examine abilities, personality, or attitudes. At the same time, there is a widespread concern that response styles, such as the tendency to give extreme, midscale, or acquiescent responses, may threaten data quality. As an alternative to post hoc control of response styles using psychometric models, a priori control using specific response formats may be a means to reduce biasing response style effects in self-report data in day-to-day research practice. Previous research has suggested that response styles were less influential in a Drag-and-Drop format compared to the traditional Likert-type format. In this article, we further examine the advantage of the Drag-and-Drop format, test its generalizability, and investigate its underlying mechanisms. In two between-subject experiments, we tested different versions of the Drag-and-Drop format against the Likert format. We found no evidence for reduced response style influence in any of the Drag-and-Drop conditions, nor did we find any difference between the conditions in terms of the validity of the measures to external criteria. We conclude that adaptations of response formats, such as the Drag-and-Drop format, may be promising, but require more thorough examination before recommending them as a means to reduce response style influence in psychological measurement. |
| DOI | 10.31234/osf.io/5jxg7 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2022-10-14 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC-By Attribution 4.0 International |
| Subject Keyword | Social and Behavioral Sciences;Psychology, other Item Response Theory Measurement Rating Scale Response Format Response Styles |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Preprint |
| Subject | Social Sciences Psychology |
