Exploring rating scale functioning for survey research / Stefanie A. Wind.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is rating scale analysis? -- Rasch models for rating analysis -- Illustration of rating scale analysis with polytomous Rasch models -- Non-Rasch IRT models for rating scale analysis -- Nonparametric measurement models for rating scale analysis -- Summary and resources for further study.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.