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Respondent and Test Delivery Characteristics that Induce Item Unfolding

Lake, Christopher J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1284597892

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2010, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Industrial-Organizational.
Relatively little is known about the processes that people use when responding to unfolding scale items. In the present study, two types of characteristics (test delivery format and respondent attitude structure) are analyzed to develop an understanding of the processes that induce item unfolding. First, based on the hypothesis that context effects limit unfolding, a scale of attitudes toward workplace drug testing was administered in a computerized item-by-item format (N = 601) and compared to a pencil-and-paper block format administration (N = 566). Second, the structure of participants’ attitudes was investigated in an attempt to link attitudinal strength, ambivalence, and indifference to specific response patterns that either induce or inhibit item unfolding. Results showed that when scale items were presented item-by-item, respondents’ item-to-item differentiation increased slightly, but this did not systematically lead to better item unfolding or information. With regard to attitude structure, ambivalent respondents endorsed more unfolding items than did univalent or indifferent respondents. The implications of this research are discussed.
Michael Zickar, PhD (Advisor)
Scott Highhouse, PhD (Committee Member)
John Tisak, PhD (Committee Member)
73 p.
Organizational Behavior; Psychological Tests; Psychology
unfolding; item response theory; IRT; generalized graded unfolding model; GGUM; attitude structure; ambivalence; indifference; attitude strength

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  • Lake, C. J. (2010). Respondent and Test Delivery Characteristics that Induce Item Unfolding [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1284597892

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lake, Christopher. Respondent and Test Delivery Characteristics that Induce Item Unfolding. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1284597892.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lake, Christopher. "Respondent and Test Delivery Characteristics that Induce Item Unfolding." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1284597892

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