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Designing Rating Scales for Effective Measurement in Surveys

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ID23329802
AuthorsJon A Krosnick (0000-0003-0336-1613, The Ohio State University), Leandre R Fabrigar (Queen's University)
Year1997
Pages141-164
Publication date1997-02-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueWiley Series in Probability and Statistics (OTHER)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1940-6347 • E-ISSN: 1940-6347
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118490013.ch6
OpenAlexW1583372272
ISBN9781118490013
LanguageEN
Citations received99
References cited76

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Evaluating Data Quality Number of Scale Points Labeling Scale Points No-Opinion Filters Epilogue

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