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Validating the use of vignettes for subjective threshold scales
Date Issued
2008-04
Date Available
2009-03-26T16:44:03Z
Abstract
Comparing self-assessed indicators of subjective outcomes such as health, work disability, political efficacy, job satisfaction, etc. across countries or socio-economic groups is often hampered by the fact that different groups use systematically different response scales. Anchoring vignettes have been introduced as an effective tool to correct for such differences. This paper develops an integrated framework in which objective measurements are used to validate the vignette based corrections. The framework is applied to vignettes and objective and subjective self-assessments of drinking behavior by students in Ireland. Model comparisons using the Akaike information criterion favor a specification with response consistency and vignette corrected response scales. Put differently, vignette based corrections appear quite effective in bringing objective and subjective measures closer together.
Sponsorship
Diageo Ireland PLC ; Higher Education Authority Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) ; NIA
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. School of Economics
Series
UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series
WP08/08
Copyright (Published Version)
University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2008
Classification
C81
I12
Subject – LCSH
Microeconomics--Methodology
Scaling (Social sciences)--Methodology
College students--Alcohol use
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
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