Middle Response Functioning in Likert-responses to Personality Items
By John T. Kulas, Alicia A Stachowski, B. Haynes. 2008
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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Management Science and Operations Research
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Citations in the corpus
- Sources of Inspiration: The role of significant persons in young people's choice of science in higher education (2012, methodology): “This was chosen to prevent respondents from using a middle category as a I don't know or I don't care response (Kulas, Stachowski, & Haynes, 2008 ).”
- Mind the mindset! The interaction of proactive personality, transformational leadership and growth mindset for engagement at work (2018, methodology): “We provided verbal labels for the scales and avoided using bipolar numerical scale values (e.g. −2 to +2) in order to reduce acquiescence bias (Kulas et al., 2008).”
- Evidence-Based Survey Design: The Use of a Midpoint on the Likert Scale (2017, background): “In Kulas, Stachowski, and Haynes’ (2008) study, 118 college students completed an online survey of a personality assessment with a five-point Likert scale (the traditional form) and completed it again with a five-point Likert scale with an additional N/A option (the N/A form).”