Lin, Nick and Lee, Seonghui (2024) Anchoring vignettes as a diagnostic tool for cross-national (in)comparability of survey measures: The case of voters’ left-right self-placement. British Journal of Political Science, 54 (2). pp. 492-502. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123423000236
Lin, Nick and Lee, Seonghui (2024) Anchoring vignettes as a diagnostic tool for cross-national (in)comparability of survey measures: The case of voters’ left-right self-placement. British Journal of Political Science, 54 (2). pp. 492-502. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123423000236
Lin, Nick and Lee, Seonghui (2024) Anchoring vignettes as a diagnostic tool for cross-national (in)comparability of survey measures: The case of voters’ left-right self-placement. British Journal of Political Science, 54 (2). pp. 492-502. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123423000236
Abstract
There are potentially multiple sources that make it difficult to compare the typical survey measure of the left-right self-placement cross-nationally. Among others, we focus on differential item functioning (DIF) due to the different use of response scales when the left-right is framed as an aggregate dimension of policies, and we examine whether and to what extent the way ordinary citizens make use of the scale is cross-nationally comparable. Our goal is twofold. First, we assess the cross-national comparability of the left-right self-placement scale using the anchoring vignette method in nine European countries. Second, we propose a measure that quantifies the extent of DIF at the country level. The analyses of our original survey and other benchmark studies suggest that the size of cross-national DIF (CN-DIF) in the citizens’ use of left-right scale is relatively small when the left-right concept is considered in policy terms and the comparison is made among Western European countries.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | anchoring vignettes, differential item functioning (DIF), cross-national comparability, left-right self-placement |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2023 13:48 |
Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2024 21:16 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/35386 |
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