The Great Response Style Myth

Rorer, Leonard G.

doi:10.1037/e310552005-001

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“…However, both studies used measures that were constructed ad hoc and related to health issues only. This domain may be particularly sensitive to biases that are content related rather than based on response style (i.e., non-content related; Rorer 1965). Furthermore, in both studies, only limited subsets of response styles were studied, and suboptimal operationalizations were used that did not meet the standards set in the response style literature (Rorer 1965).…”

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“…This domain may be particularly sensitive to biases that are content related rather than based on response style (i.e., non-content related; Rorer 1965). Furthermore, in both studies, only limited subsets of response styles were studied, and suboptimal operationalizations were used that did not meet the standards set in the response style literature (Rorer 1965). Consequently, the question remains open whether and to what extent mode of data collection systematically affects non-content-related response styles.…”

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Assessing response styles across modes of data collection

Weijters

Schillewaert

Geuens

2007

J. of the Acad. Mark. Sci.

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Cross-mode surveys are on the rise. The current study compares levels of response styles across three modes of data collection: paper-and-pencil questionnaires, telephone interviews, and online questionnaires. The authors make the comparison in terms of acquiescence, disacquiescence, and extreme and midpoint response styles. To do this, they propose a new method, namely, the representative indicators response style means and covariance structure (RIRSMACS) method. This method contributes to the literature in important ways. First, it offers a simultaneous operationalization of multiple response styles. The model accounts for dependencies among response style indicators due to their reliance on common item sets. Second, it accounts for random error in the response style measures. As a consequence, random error in response style measures is not passed on to corrected measures. The method can detect and correct cross-mode response style differences in cases where measurement invariance testing and multitrait multimethod designs are inadequate. The authors demonstrate and discuss the practical and theoretical advantages of the RIRSMACS approach over traditional methods.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Assessing response styles across modes of data collection

Weijters

Schillewaert

Geuens

2007

J. of the Acad. Mark. Sci.

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116

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“…That is, some respondents may simply offer an affirmative response to whatever policy proposal is presented to them. Although acquiescence response bias is difficult to conclusively document (see Rorer, 1965;Schuman and Presser, 1981, pp. 206-207), numerous studies have found evidence of what at least appears to be acquiescence response bias (e.g.…”

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“…For these and other reasons the plausibility of this explanation seems doubtful at present (see Bentler et al, 1971;Nunnally, 1978, pp. 666-669;Rorer, 1965).…”

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Response strategies for coping with the cognitive demands of attitude measures in surveys

Krosnick¹

1991

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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This paper proposes that when optimally answeringa survey question would require substantial cognitive effort, some respondents simply provide a satisfactory answer instead. This behaviour, called satisficing, can take the form of either (1) incomplete or biased information retrieval and/or information integration, or (2) no information retrieval or integration at all. Satisficing may lead respondents to employ a variety of response strategies, including choosing the first response alternative that seems to constitute a reasonable answer, agreeing with an assertion made by a question, endorsing the status quo instead of endorsing social change, failing to differentiate among a set of diverse objects in ratings, saying 'don't know' instead of reporting an opinion, and randomly choosing among the response alternatives offered. This paper specifies a wide range of factors that are likely to encourage satisficing, and reviews relevant evidence evaluating these speculations. Many useful directions for future research are suggested.

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“…The major problem was that such item-pairs did not correlate negatively to any worthwhile extent; rather, responses to such item-pairs proved to be unrelated to each other [4]. The unsuccessfulness of these attempts has led most researchers to ignore the very phenomenon of response set, in particular since Rorer's (1965) "de-mythification" of it.…”

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