The Ordinal Controversy Revisited

By J. Kampen, Mark Swyngedouw. 2000

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Multilevel ordinal models for examination grades (2003, methodology): “this is given by Fielding (1999) and a recent general contribution by Kampen and Swyngedouw (2000) .”
Construct Validity of Likert Scales through Confirmatory Factor Analysis: A Simulation Study Comparing Different Methods of Estimation Based on Pearson and Polychoric Correlations (2013, background): “Taking into account (as pointed out by Cliff & Kyats, 2005; Göb, McCollin & Ramalhoto, 2007; Kampen & Swyngedouw, 2000) that the use of measurement instruments which require categorical responses from subjects is increasingly common in social research, and that this implies the use of ordinal…”
Asking Good Survey Questions (2013, background): “Kampen and Swyngedouw (2000) classify ordinal scales into different types and raise serious concerns about Type 5, defined as unstandardized discrete variables with ordered categories such as the agreement with statements or levels of satisfaction: “in many instances the experimenter can only hope…”
Online Versus Paper (2009, background): “These questions were chosen because: (1) personality questions have been shown in the past to be susceptible to response styles (Kampen and Swyngedouw 2000), and (2) Likert scales are known to be particularly endangered by response style manifestations (Cronbach 1950).”