Investigating with IRT and MDS Approaches Translation and Adaptation of Rating Scales for Spanish-Speaking Populations

Autor/in	Arce-Ferrer, Alvaro J.
Titel	Investigating with IRT and MDS Approaches Translation and Adaptation of Rating Scales for Spanish-Speaking Populations
Quelle	In: International Journal of Testing, 6 (2006) 3, S.269-285 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1530-5058
DOI	10.1207/s15327574ijt0603_4
Schlagwörter	Item Response Theory; Multidimensional Scaling; Rating Scales; Spanish Speaking; Response Style (Tests); Models; Translation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Item-Response-Theorie; Mehrdimensionale Analysis; Rating-Skala; Antwortverhalten; Analogiemodell
Abstract	The goal of this study is to investigate how features of a rating scale developed for English-speaking populations interact with Spanish-speaking respondents' response styles and functional categories of judgment. A sample of 400 Spanish-speaking students took a translated scale and a scaling task developed to measure response sets and functional categories of judgment, respectively. Three response set models--extreme response, central tendency, and acquiescence--under two conditions--base and revised with respondents' functional categories--were studied with item response theory and multidimensional scaling methods. Revising the number of scale categories with the number of salient functional categories statistically improved fit of the base models. Multidimensional scaling results showed scale content features interacting with response styles and functional categories. Translation of rating scales requires adapting scale features to characteristics of target languages, such as salient response styles and respondents' functional categories of judgment. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10