Teaching Statisticians and Applied Researchers Statistical Methods for Analysis of Data from Rating Scales. Experiences from Joint Research Courses in Rating Scale Data Analysis
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The widespread use of rating scales in applied research fields implies need of statistical methods applicable to various types of studies involving ordinal response data. The aim of this paper is to present a teaching model of joining research courses in rating scale data analysis for statisticians and applied scientists together in order to stimulate inter-disciplinary communication. The participants experienced the complexity of applied research problems that involve subjective assessments on scales and also some of the possibilities and limitations of novel and classical statistical methods of analysis.
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