Bias and Changes in Perceived Intensity of Verbal Qualifiers Effected by Scale Orientation

The objective of this study is to examine whether manipulating the orientation of a rating scale impacts on the perceived intensity of the verbal qualifiers. An experiment is designed to assess the perception of intensities of verbal qualifiers in an agreement scale. A first finding is that parti...

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Main Authors: Joeri Hofmans, Peter Theuns, Sven Baekelandt, Olivier Mairesse, Niels Schillewaert, Walentina Cools
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Survey Research Association 2007-06-01
Series:Survey Research Methods
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Online Access:https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/article/view/79