EXPLICIT CONTINUUM SCALE FORMAT REDUCES THE CEILING EFFECT IN SELF-REPORT QUESTIONNAIRES COMPARING TO LIKERT RESPONSE FORMAT

Inna Antipkina (), Aleksandr Ivanov () and Dmitriy Guzhelya ()
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Inna Antipkina: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Aleksandr Ivanov: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Dmitriy Guzhelya: Autonomous non-commercial organization ‘RSV’

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Abstract: This study presents a methodology for developing a new questionnaire format called explicit continuum scenario scales, in the example of a client focus questionnaire. Elements of the Rasch-Guttman scenario scale methodology were used in its development. In three consequent studies, different aspects of the scale functioning were investigated. In Study 1, on the sample of 100 respondents, it was shown that the explicit continuum scale produces reliable results and helps avoid the ceiling effect shown in the Likert response format version of the client focus questionnaire. In Study 2, the scale was administered in a competition environment, in a sample of 735 people. Despite the positive shift of scores, the instrument shows excellent psychometric characteristics and still resists the ceiling effect. In Study 3, new items were included, and the scale was presented in an interactive format. In the sample of 65,000 university students, it demonstrated the robustness of its psychometrics characteristics including dimensionality. The results of the three studies show that the explicit continuum format has the advantage of the stable dimensionality similar to the expanded format and is promising for measurement in social sciences.

Keywords: Likert format; continuum; scenario scales; vignette; Rasch; test development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2025
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Published in WP BRP Series: Psychology / PSY, January 2025, pages 1-19

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