Guy Moors
Biographic Data
| ID | 84186 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guy Moors |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guy |
| FAMILY NAME | Moors |
| SIGNATURE | MOORS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tilburg University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 152 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Controlling for Response Order Effects in Ranking Items Using Latent Choice Factor Modeling
Measuring values in sociological research sometimes involves the use of ranking data. A disadvantage of a ranking assignment is that the order in which the items are presented might influence the choice preferences of respondents regardless of the content being measured. The standard procedure to rule out such effects is to randomize the order of items across respondents. However, implementing this design may be impractical and the biasing impact…
The Effect of Labeling and Numbering of Response Scales on the Likelihood of Response Bias
Extreme response style (ERS) and acquiescence response style (ARS) are among the most encountered problems in attitudinal research. The authors investigate whether the response bias caused by these response styles varies with following three aspects of question format: full versus end labeling, numbering answer categories, and bipolar versus agreement response scales. A questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 5,351 respondents from th…
Analysis of Cross-Cultural Comparability of Pisa 2009 Scores
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a large-scale cross-national study that measures academic competencies of 15-year-old students in mathematics, reading, and science from more than 50 countries/economies around the world. PISA results are usually aggregated and presented in so-called "league tables," in which countries are compared and ranked in each of the three scales. However, to compare results obtained from different…
Measuring Employment Arrangements in the European Labour Force: A Typological Approach
Exploring Response Differences between Face-to-Face and Web Surveys: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the Dutch European Values Survey 2008
Can existing longitudinal surveys profit from the (financial) advantages of web surveying by switching survey mode from face-to-face interviews to web surveys? Before such a radical change in data collection procedure can be undertaken, it needs to be established that mode effects cannot confound the responses to the survey items. To this end, the responses of the Dutch European Values Study of 2008 were compared to the responses of a time parall…
Cross-National and Cross-Ethnic Differences in Attitudes: A Case of Luxembourg
Minorities’ attitudes can be compared to attitudes of fellow citizen within the host country as well as to attitudes of the motherland. Given the heterogeneity of Luxembourg’s minority groups, this country is a relevant example case in which the comparison needs to involve answering a two-folded question. First, the authors analyze the level of measurement equivalence, that is, the extent to which different groups can be compared. Second, the aut…
Measurement Equivalence of Ordinal Items: A Comparison of Factor Analytic, Item Response Theory, and Latent Class Approaches
Three distinctive methods of assessing measurement equivalence of ordinal items, namely, confirmatory factor analysis, differential item functioning using item response theory, and latent class factor analysis, make different modeling assumptions and adopt different procedures. Simulation data are used to compare the performance of these three approaches in detecting the sources of measurement inequivalence. For this purpose, the authors simulate…
Variations in Response Style Behavior by Response Scale Format in Attitude Research
Studies concerning the impact of the length of response scales on the measurement of attitudes have primarily focused on the method bias associated with question format. At the same time another line of research has focused on the issue of response styles that affect how respondents answer to attitude questions. So far, research has paid less attention to the issue of whether the length of the response scales is related to response styles. In thi…
Linking credentialed skills, social class, working conditions and self-reported health: A Focus on Health Inequality-Generating Mechanisms
In this study, focus is on the mechanisms linking credentialed skills and social class relations to five dimensions of occupational stressors and three self-reported health outcomes: persistent fatigue, musculoskeletal complaints and emotional wellbeing. We test for direct health associations of skills/class. Moreover, indirect health associations of skills/class, through differential exposure to occupational stressors and effect modifications of…
Ranking the Ratings: A Latent-Class Regression Model to Control for Overall Agreement in Opinion Research
When rating questions are used to measure attitudes or values in survey research a researcher might want to control for the effect of overall agreement with the set of items that is rated.The need for controlling for overall agreement arises when the set of items refers to conceptual opposite perspectives, when balanced sets of items are used, or when a researcher is interested in relative preferences rather than overall agreement.In this paper, …
Measurement Equivalence in Solidarity Attitudes in Europe: Insights from a Multiple-Group Latent-Class Factor Approach
Comparing solidarity attitudes of European citizens is highly relevant in the context of European integration and unification. Such comparisons, however, are only valid if responses to attitude questions reflect true differences in solidarity and, hence, the measurement of latent solidarity attitudes is comparable. Often comparability is assumed, rarely is it tested. This research presents a multiple-group latent-class factor analysis of a set of…
The structuring of occupational stressors in a Post-Fordist work environment. Moving beyond traditional accounts of demand, control and support
Splitting Up or Getting Married: Competing Risk Analysis of Transitions Among Cohabiting Couples in Sweden
In this article, we investigate which ideational variables influence the propensity of cohabiting couples to transform their union into marriage, separation or continued cohabitation. The question is particularly relevant in the Swedish context of considerable social acceptance of unmarried cohabitation even among parents. A two-wave panel study including 705 never-married respondents cohabiting at the time of the first survey shows that ideation…
The Valued Child. In Search of a Latent Attitude Profile that Influences the Transition to Motherhood: L’enfant valorisé. A la recherche de profils latents influençant la procréation du premier enfant
In this research, a latent class analysis is used to identify latent attitude profiles that influence the transition to the first child. We argue that ideational theories, i.e. the Second Demographic Transition theory and the extended model of Planned Behaviour, often refer to a broad range of attitudes or values that are hypothesized to influence behaviour, and as such describe an attitude or value profile that inhibits vs. fosters the likelihoo…
Testing the Internal Validity of the Inglehart Thesis by Means of a Latent Class Choice Model
Inglehart's short postmaterialism index uses partial ranking of four items to classify respondents within three classes, i.e. a materialist, a postmaterialist and a mixed category. An appropriate technique for validating this index is a latent class choice model. Analysing data from the Eurobarometer surveys with this approach confirms the existence of a postmaterialist class. However, a materialist class cannot be identified irrevocably. Rather,…
Heterogeneity in Post-materialist Value Priorities. Evidence from a Latent Class Discrete Choice Approach
Protagonists of values theory such as Inglehart-among others-have argued that values should be conceived of as relative priorities rather than absolute preferences. As such they insist on using ranking techniques of measurement which generates choice data. In this study, we aim at validating the measurement of Inglehart's (post-)materialism by means of a latent class discrete choice model. We argue that from a statistical point of view this is th…
Facts and Artefacts in the Comparison of Attitudes Among Ethnic Minorities. A Multigroup Latent Class Structure Model with Adjustment for Response Style Behavior
Journal Article Facts and Artefacts in the Comparison of Attitudes Among Ethnic Minorities. A Multigroup Latent Class Structure Model with Adjustment for Response Style Behavior Get access Guy Moors Guy Moors Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Vo…
Estimating the Reciprocal Effect of Gender Role Attitudes and Family Formation: A Log-linear Path Model with Latent Variables
Comparing Moral Values in Western European Countries between 1981 and 1999. A Multiple Group Latent-Class Factor Approach
This paper compares moral values in 12 European countries based on data from three waves of the European Values Survey: 1981, 1990, and 1999. We question the validity of comparisons across cultures and in time if the structural equivalence in the measurement of values is not tested. A procedure is suggested to research equivalence in measurement within a latent-class factor approach. Multiple group analyses revealed that assuming a homogeneous me…
Expliquer la diversité des formes familiales et domestiques. Théories économiques ou dimensions culturelles
Lesthaeghe (Ron), Moors (Guy) - Expliquer la diversité des formes familiales et domestiques : théorie économique ou dimension culturelle ? Les décisions concernant la formation de la famille (cohabiter ou se marier, divorcer, avoir des enfants, quitter le foyer) et les situations domestiques (avoir un emploi extérieur ou rester au foyer) sont expliquées de façon réductrice par les théories économiques contemporaines comme celles de G. Becker ou R…
Expliquer la diversite des formes familiales et domestiques: Theories economiques ou dimensions culturelles
Lesthaeghe Ron, Moors Guy. Expliquer la diversité des formes familiales et domestiques. Théories économiques ou dimensions culturelles.. In: Population, 49e année, n°6, 1994. L'enfant dans la famille, vingt ans de changements. pp. 1503-1525
Measuring Employment Arrangements in the European Labour Force: A Typological Approach
Splitting Up or Getting Married: Competing Risk Analysis of Transitions Among Cohabiting Couples in Sweden
In this article, we investigate which ideational variables influence the propensity of cohabiting couples to transform their union into marriage, separation or continued cohabitation. The question is particularly relevant in the Swedish context of considerable social acceptance of unmarried cohabitation even among parents. A two-wave panel study including 705 never-married respondents cohabiting at the time of the first survey shows that ideation…
Measurement Equivalence of Ordinal Items: A Comparison of Factor Analytic, Item Response Theory, and Latent Class Approaches
Three distinctive methods of assessing measurement equivalence of ordinal items, namely, confirmatory factor analysis, differential item functioning using item response theory, and latent class factor analysis, make different modeling assumptions and adopt different procedures. Simulation data are used to compare the performance of these three approaches in detecting the sources of measurement inequivalence. For this purpose, the authors simulate…
The Valued Child. In Search of a Latent Attitude Profile that Influences the Transition to Motherhood: L’enfant valorisé. A la recherche de profils latents influençant la procréation du premier enfant
In this research, a latent class analysis is used to identify latent attitude profiles that influence the transition to the first child. We argue that ideational theories, i.e. the Second Demographic Transition theory and the extended model of Planned Behaviour, often refer to a broad range of attitudes or values that are hypothesized to influence behaviour, and as such describe an attitude or value profile that inhibits vs. fosters the likelihoo…
Estimating the Reciprocal Effect of Gender Role Attitudes and Family Formation: A Log-linear Path Model with Latent Variables
Heterogeneity in Post-materialist Value Priorities. Evidence from a Latent Class Discrete Choice Approach
Protagonists of values theory such as Inglehart-among others-have argued that values should be conceived of as relative priorities rather than absolute preferences. As such they insist on using ranking techniques of measurement which generates choice data. In this study, we aim at validating the measurement of Inglehart's (post-)materialism by means of a latent class discrete choice model. We argue that from a statistical point of view this is th…
Comparing Moral Values in Western European Countries between 1981 and 1999. A Multiple Group Latent-Class Factor Approach
This paper compares moral values in 12 European countries based on data from three waves of the European Values Survey: 1981, 1990, and 1999. We question the validity of comparisons across cultures and in time if the structural equivalence in the measurement of values is not tested. A procedure is suggested to research equivalence in measurement within a latent-class factor approach. Multiple group analyses revealed that assuming a homogeneous me…
The Effect of Labeling and Numbering of Response Scales on the Likelihood of Response Bias
Extreme response style (ERS) and acquiescence response style (ARS) are among the most encountered problems in attitudinal research. The authors investigate whether the response bias caused by these response styles varies with following three aspects of question format: full versus end labeling, numbering answer categories, and bipolar versus agreement response scales. A questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 5,351 respondents from th…
Measurement Equivalence in Solidarity Attitudes in Europe: Insights from a Multiple-Group Latent-Class Factor Approach
Comparing solidarity attitudes of European citizens is highly relevant in the context of European integration and unification. Such comparisons, however, are only valid if responses to attitude questions reflect true differences in solidarity and, hence, the measurement of latent solidarity attitudes is comparable. Often comparability is assumed, rarely is it tested. This research presents a multiple-group latent-class factor analysis of a set of…
Facts and Artefacts in the Comparison of Attitudes Among Ethnic Minorities. A Multigroup Latent Class Structure Model with Adjustment for Response Style Behavior
Journal Article Facts and Artefacts in the Comparison of Attitudes Among Ethnic Minorities. A Multigroup Latent Class Structure Model with Adjustment for Response Style Behavior Get access Guy Moors Guy Moors Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Vo…
Variations in Response Style Behavior by Response Scale Format in Attitude Research
Studies concerning the impact of the length of response scales on the measurement of attitudes have primarily focused on the method bias associated with question format. At the same time another line of research has focused on the issue of response styles that affect how respondents answer to attitude questions. So far, research has paid less attention to the issue of whether the length of the response scales is related to response styles. In thi…
The structuring of occupational stressors in a Post-Fordist work environment. Moving beyond traditional accounts of demand, control and support
Expliquer la diversite des formes familiales et domestiques: Theories economiques ou dimensions culturelles
Lesthaeghe Ron, Moors Guy. Expliquer la diversité des formes familiales et domestiques. Théories économiques ou dimensions culturelles.. In: Population, 49e année, n°6, 1994. L'enfant dans la famille, vingt ans de changements. pp. 1503-1525
Analysis of Cross-Cultural Comparability of Pisa 2009 Scores
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a large-scale cross-national study that measures academic competencies of 15-year-old students in mathematics, reading, and science from more than 50 countries/economies around the world. PISA results are usually aggregated and presented in so-called "league tables," in which countries are compared and ranked in each of the three scales. However, to compare results obtained from different…
Linking credentialed skills, social class, working conditions and self-reported health: A Focus on Health Inequality-Generating Mechanisms
In this study, focus is on the mechanisms linking credentialed skills and social class relations to five dimensions of occupational stressors and three self-reported health outcomes: persistent fatigue, musculoskeletal complaints and emotional wellbeing. We test for direct health associations of skills/class. Moreover, indirect health associations of skills/class, through differential exposure to occupational stressors and effect modifications of…
Testing the Internal Validity of the Inglehart Thesis by Means of a Latent Class Choice Model
Inglehart's short postmaterialism index uses partial ranking of four items to classify respondents within three classes, i.e. a materialist, a postmaterialist and a mixed category. An appropriate technique for validating this index is a latent class choice model. Analysing data from the Eurobarometer surveys with this approach confirms the existence of a postmaterialist class. However, a materialist class cannot be identified irrevocably. Rather,…
Cross-National and Cross-Ethnic Differences in Attitudes: A Case of Luxembourg
Minorities’ attitudes can be compared to attitudes of fellow citizen within the host country as well as to attitudes of the motherland. Given the heterogeneity of Luxembourg’s minority groups, this country is a relevant example case in which the comparison needs to involve answering a two-folded question. First, the authors analyze the level of measurement equivalence, that is, the extent to which different groups can be compared. Second, the aut…
Controlling for Response Order Effects in Ranking Items Using Latent Choice Factor Modeling
Measuring values in sociological research sometimes involves the use of ranking data. A disadvantage of a ranking assignment is that the order in which the items are presented might influence the choice preferences of respondents regardless of the content being measured. The standard procedure to rule out such effects is to randomize the order of items across respondents. However, implementing this design may be impractical and the biasing impact…
Exploring Response Differences between Face-to-Face and Web Surveys: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the Dutch European Values Survey 2008
Can existing longitudinal surveys profit from the (financial) advantages of web surveying by switching survey mode from face-to-face interviews to web surveys? Before such a radical change in data collection procedure can be undertaken, it needs to be established that mode effects cannot confound the responses to the survey items. To this end, the responses of the Dutch European Values Study of 2008 were compared to the responses of a time parall…
Ranking the Ratings: A Latent-Class Regression Model to Control for Overall Agreement in Opinion Research
When rating questions are used to measure attitudes or values in survey research a researcher might want to control for the effect of overall agreement with the set of items that is rated.The need for controlling for overall agreement arises when the set of items refers to conceptual opposite perspectives, when balanced sets of items are used, or when a researcher is interested in relative preferences rather than overall agreement.In this paper, …
Expliquer la diversité des formes familiales et domestiques. Théories économiques ou dimensions culturelles
Lesthaeghe (Ron), Moors (Guy) - Expliquer la diversité des formes familiales et domestiques : théorie économique ou dimension culturelle ? Les décisions concernant la formation de la famille (cohabiter ou se marier, divorcer, avoir des enfants, quitter le foyer) et les situations domestiques (avoir un emploi extérieur ou rester au foyer) sont expliquées de façon réductrice par les théories économiques contemporaines comme celles de G. Becker ou R…
Expliquer la diversite des formes familiales et domestiques: Theories economiques ou dimensions culturelles
Lesthaeghe Ron, Moors Guy. Expliquer la diversité des formes familiales et domestiques. Théories économiques ou dimensions culturelles.. In: Population, 49e année, n°6, 1994. L'enfant dans la famille, vingt ans de changements. pp. 1503-1525
Estimating the Reciprocal Effect of Gender Role Attitudes and Family Formation: A Log-linear Path Model with Latent Variables
Comparing Moral Values in Western European Countries between 1981 and 1999. A Multiple Group Latent-Class Factor Approach
This paper compares moral values in 12 European countries based on data from three waves of the European Values Survey: 1981, 1990, and 1999. We question the validity of comparisons across cultures and in time if the structural equivalence in the measurement of values is not tested. A procedure is suggested to research equivalence in measurement within a latent-class factor approach. Multiple group analyses revealed that assuming a homogeneous me…
Facts and Artefacts in the Comparison of Attitudes Among Ethnic Minorities. A Multigroup Latent Class Structure Model with Adjustment for Response Style Behavior
Journal Article Facts and Artefacts in the Comparison of Attitudes Among Ethnic Minorities. A Multigroup Latent Class Structure Model with Adjustment for Response Style Behavior Get access Guy Moors Guy Moors Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Vo…
Testing the Internal Validity of the Inglehart Thesis by Means of a Latent Class Choice Model
Inglehart's short postmaterialism index uses partial ranking of four items to classify respondents within three classes, i.e. a materialist, a postmaterialist and a mixed category. An appropriate technique for validating this index is a latent class choice model. Analysing data from the Eurobarometer surveys with this approach confirms the existence of a postmaterialist class. However, a materialist class cannot be identified irrevocably. Rather,…
Heterogeneity in Post-materialist Value Priorities. Evidence from a Latent Class Discrete Choice Approach
Protagonists of values theory such as Inglehart-among others-have argued that values should be conceived of as relative priorities rather than absolute preferences. As such they insist on using ranking techniques of measurement which generates choice data. In this study, we aim at validating the measurement of Inglehart's (post-)materialism by means of a latent class discrete choice model. We argue that from a statistical point of view this is th…
The Valued Child. In Search of a Latent Attitude Profile that Influences the Transition to Motherhood: L’enfant valorisé. A la recherche de profils latents influençant la procréation du premier enfant
In this research, a latent class analysis is used to identify latent attitude profiles that influence the transition to the first child. We argue that ideational theories, i.e. the Second Demographic Transition theory and the extended model of Planned Behaviour, often refer to a broad range of attitudes or values that are hypothesized to influence behaviour, and as such describe an attitude or value profile that inhibits vs. fosters the likelihoo…
Ranking the Ratings: A Latent-Class Regression Model to Control for Overall Agreement in Opinion Research
When rating questions are used to measure attitudes or values in survey research a researcher might want to control for the effect of overall agreement with the set of items that is rated.The need for controlling for overall agreement arises when the set of items refers to conceptual opposite perspectives, when balanced sets of items are used, or when a researcher is interested in relative preferences rather than overall agreement.In this paper, …
Measurement Equivalence in Solidarity Attitudes in Europe: Insights from a Multiple-Group Latent-Class Factor Approach
Comparing solidarity attitudes of European citizens is highly relevant in the context of European integration and unification. Such comparisons, however, are only valid if responses to attitude questions reflect true differences in solidarity and, hence, the measurement of latent solidarity attitudes is comparable. Often comparability is assumed, rarely is it tested. This research presents a multiple-group latent-class factor analysis of a set of…
The structuring of occupational stressors in a Post-Fordist work environment. Moving beyond traditional accounts of demand, control and support
Splitting Up or Getting Married: Competing Risk Analysis of Transitions Among Cohabiting Couples in Sweden
In this article, we investigate which ideational variables influence the propensity of cohabiting couples to transform their union into marriage, separation or continued cohabitation. The question is particularly relevant in the Swedish context of considerable social acceptance of unmarried cohabitation even among parents. A two-wave panel study including 705 never-married respondents cohabiting at the time of the first survey shows that ideation…
Variations in Response Style Behavior by Response Scale Format in Attitude Research
Studies concerning the impact of the length of response scales on the measurement of attitudes have primarily focused on the method bias associated with question format. At the same time another line of research has focused on the issue of response styles that affect how respondents answer to attitude questions. So far, research has paid less attention to the issue of whether the length of the response scales is related to response styles. In thi…
Linking credentialed skills, social class, working conditions and self-reported health: A Focus on Health Inequality-Generating Mechanisms
In this study, focus is on the mechanisms linking credentialed skills and social class relations to five dimensions of occupational stressors and three self-reported health outcomes: persistent fatigue, musculoskeletal complaints and emotional wellbeing. We test for direct health associations of skills/class. Moreover, indirect health associations of skills/class, through differential exposure to occupational stressors and effect modifications of…
Measurement Equivalence of Ordinal Items: A Comparison of Factor Analytic, Item Response Theory, and Latent Class Approaches
Three distinctive methods of assessing measurement equivalence of ordinal items, namely, confirmatory factor analysis, differential item functioning using item response theory, and latent class factor analysis, make different modeling assumptions and adopt different procedures. Simulation data are used to compare the performance of these three approaches in detecting the sources of measurement inequivalence. For this purpose, the authors simulate…
Cross-National and Cross-Ethnic Differences in Attitudes: A Case of Luxembourg
Minorities’ attitudes can be compared to attitudes of fellow citizen within the host country as well as to attitudes of the motherland. Given the heterogeneity of Luxembourg’s minority groups, this country is a relevant example case in which the comparison needs to involve answering a two-folded question. First, the authors analyze the level of measurement equivalence, that is, the extent to which different groups can be compared. Second, the aut…
Measuring Employment Arrangements in the European Labour Force: A Typological Approach
Exploring Response Differences between Face-to-Face and Web Surveys: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the Dutch European Values Survey 2008
Can existing longitudinal surveys profit from the (financial) advantages of web surveying by switching survey mode from face-to-face interviews to web surveys? Before such a radical change in data collection procedure can be undertaken, it needs to be established that mode effects cannot confound the responses to the survey items. To this end, the responses of the Dutch European Values Study of 2008 were compared to the responses of a time parall…
The Effect of Labeling and Numbering of Response Scales on the Likelihood of Response Bias
Extreme response style (ERS) and acquiescence response style (ARS) are among the most encountered problems in attitudinal research. The authors investigate whether the response bias caused by these response styles varies with following three aspects of question format: full versus end labeling, numbering answer categories, and bipolar versus agreement response scales. A questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 5,351 respondents from th…
Analysis of Cross-Cultural Comparability of Pisa 2009 Scores
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a large-scale cross-national study that measures academic competencies of 15-year-old students in mathematics, reading, and science from more than 50 countries/economies around the world. PISA results are usually aggregated and presented in so-called "league tables," in which countries are compared and ranked in each of the three scales. However, to compare results obtained from different…
Controlling for Response Order Effects in Ranking Items Using Latent Choice Factor Modeling
Measuring values in sociological research sometimes involves the use of ranking data. A disadvantage of a ranking assignment is that the order in which the items are presented might influence the choice preferences of respondents regardless of the content being measured. The standard procedure to rule out such effects is to randomize the order of items across respondents. However, implementing this design may be impractical and the biasing impact…
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