Revisiting the evidence for cardinal treatment of ordinal variables
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DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.12.011
Abstract: Well-being (life satisfaction or happiness) is a latent variable that is impossible to observe directly. Moreover, it does not have a unit of measurement. Hence, survey questionnaires usually ask people to rate their well-being in… read more here.
Keywords: treatment ordinal; cardinal treatment; revisiting evidence; evidence cardinal ... See more keywords
Reflections on and test of the metrological properties of summated rating, Likert, and other scales based on sums of ordinal variables
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DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2019.01.083
Abstract: Abstract This study aims to contribute to the perpetual controversy on the parametric analysis of ordinal data, by giving a perchance long overdue examination of the widely held notion that sums of ordinal variables (e.g.,… read more here.
Keywords: reflections test; metrological properties; ordinal variables; sums ordinal ... See more keywords
How Much Does the Cardinal Treatment of Ordinal Variables Matter? An Empirical Investigation
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DOI: 10.1017/pan.2020.55
Abstract: Abstract Many researchers use an ordinal scale to quantitatively measure and analyze concepts. Theoretically valid empirical estimates are robust in sign to any monotonic increasing transformation of the ordinal scale. This presents challenges for the… read more here.
Keywords: ordinal scale; treatment ordinal; much cardinal; cardinal treatment ... See more keywords