Extreme Response Style in Correlational Research
Extreme Response Style, defined as the tendency to consistently use (or avoid) the extreme ends of response scales in questionnaires with a multiple response category format (Clark, 2000), is one of the most studied response styles. The reason for this is its potential to distort survey results, e...
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| author | Katarzyna Kinga Kowalczyk Agnieszka Mulak Grzegorz Król |
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| description | Extreme Response Style, defined as the tendency to consistently use (or avoid) the extreme ends of response
scales in questionnaires with a multiple response category format (Clark, 2000), is one of the most studied
response styles. The reason for this is its potential to distort survey results, especially in cross-cultural
research (Cheung & Rensvold, 2000). Furthermore, the relationships between ERS and most frequently analyzed
socio-demographic variables (such as gender, age, education) are inconclusive. We replicated a number of
well-established effects, using data from the World Value Survey, and expanded these analyses by including
an ERS index, to determine its possible effect on the original results. We found no significant effects of ERS
in any of the replicated studies, as long as the ERS index is uncorrelated with the dependent variable. We
followed with a theoretical model and a recount of simulation results in an attempt to define boundaries for the
phenomenon of ERS significantly affecting research conclusions. We argue that even for interval-level correlation
measures, e.g. as used in the ordinary least squares regression analysis, the effect on real data is negligible. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a77f4229bf3740b896491316477141f92022-12-22T03:30:23ZengWydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu WarszawskiegoProblemy Zarządzania1644-95842300-87922016-07-01142(60) t.26182DOI:10.7172/1644-9584.60.4Extreme Response Style in Correlational ResearchKatarzyna Kinga Kowalczyk0Agnieszka Mulak1Grzegorz Król2Department of Managerial Psychology and Sociology, University of WarsawInstitute of Social Studies, University of WarsawDepartment of Managerial Psychology and Sociology, University of WarsawExtreme Response Style, defined as the tendency to consistently use (or avoid) the extreme ends of response scales in questionnaires with a multiple response category format (Clark, 2000), is one of the most studied response styles. The reason for this is its potential to distort survey results, especially in cross-cultural research (Cheung & Rensvold, 2000). Furthermore, the relationships between ERS and most frequently analyzed socio-demographic variables (such as gender, age, education) are inconclusive. We replicated a number of well-established effects, using data from the World Value Survey, and expanded these analyses by including an ERS index, to determine its possible effect on the original results. We found no significant effects of ERS in any of the replicated studies, as long as the ERS index is uncorrelated with the dependent variable. We followed with a theoretical model and a recount of simulation results in an attempt to define boundaries for the phenomenon of ERS significantly affecting research conclusions. We argue that even for interval-level correlation measures, e.g. as used in the ordinary least squares regression analysis, the effect on real data is negligible.https://pz.wz.uw.edu.pl/resources/html/article/details?id=170045response styleextreme response stylesurvey research |
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| title | Extreme Response Style in Correlational Research |
| title_full | Extreme Response Style in Correlational Research |
| title_fullStr | Extreme Response Style in Correlational Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extreme Response Style in Correlational Research |
| title_short | Extreme Response Style in Correlational Research |
| title_sort | extreme response style in correlational research |
| topic | response style extreme response style survey research |
| url | https://pz.wz.uw.edu.pl/resources/html/article/details?id=170045 |
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