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Using Irtrees To Account For Response Style Effects Between Item Formats, Stephanie Leroy
Using Irtrees To Account For Response Style Effects Between Item Formats, Stephanie Leroy
Masters Theses, 2020-current
Response styles are consistent person-traits that are defined as the tendency to systematically select responses unrelated to the construct being measured (Paulhus, 1991). Response styles introduce construct-irrelevant variance that distorts observed scores on a measure and biases interpretation of the data. The current study looks at midpoint response style (MRS) and extreme response style (ERS). MRS is the tendency to select the midpoint of a rating scale, while ERS is the tendency to select the endpoints of a rating scale. Previous research sought to either account for response style effects or prevemt them – the current study does both. To …