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Two of a kind: Similarities between ranking and rating data in measuring work values

Moors,G.B.D.
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Gelissen,J.P.T.M.
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Vriens,I.P.M.
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Vermunt,J.K.
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The key research question asked in this research is to what extent the respondents’ answers to ranking a set of items is mirrored in the response pattern when using rating questions. For example: Do respondents who prefer intrinsic over extrinsic work values in a ranking questionnaire also rate intrinsic values higher than extrinsic values when ratings are used? We adopt a modified version of the form-resistant hypothesis, arguing that each questionnaire mode yields unique features that prevent it from establishing a perfect match between both modes. By adopting a unified latent class model that allows identifying latent class profiles that share a particular preference structure in both question modes, we show that a large portion of respondents tend to identify similar preferences structures in work values regardless of the questionnaire mode used. At the same time the within-subjects design we use is able to answer questions regarding how non-differentiators in a rating assignment react to a ranking assignment in which non-differentiation is excluded by design. Our findings are important since – contrary to popular belief – ranking and ratings do produce results that are more similar than often thought. The practical relevance of our study for secondary data analysts is that our approach provides them with a tool to identify relative preference structures in a given dataset that was asked by rating questions and hence not directly designed to reveal such preferences. Keywords: Rating and Ranking questions, Survey methodology, Measuring attitudes and values, Latent class analysis, Questionnaire modes
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2016
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Moors, G B D, Gelissen, J P T M, Vriens, I P M & Vermunt, J K 2016, 'Two of a kind : Similarities between ranking and rating data in measuring work values', Survey Research Methods, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 15-33. https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2016.v10i1.6209
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