Likert scales are often used in visualization evaluations to produce quantitative estimates of subjective attributes, such as ease use or aesthetic appeal. However, the methods collect, analyze, and visualize data collected with inconsistent among papers. In this paper, we examine a tool for measuring response systematic review 134 published between 2009 2019. We find that papers both objective...

PURPOSE assessing patient satisfaction after endoscopy with a standardized survey is recommended by gastrointestinal professional societies. The purpose of this study was to assess both patient satisfaction with colonoscopy performed by family physicians and physicians' technical competence in colonoscopy. METHODS modified Group Health Association of America 9 surveys were sent to all 230 pat...

Annotation of classification data by humans can be a time-consuming and tedious process. Finding ways of reducing the annotation effort is critical for building the classification models in practice and for applying them to a variety of classification tasks. In this paper, we develop a new active learning framework that combines two strategies to reduce the annotation effort. First, it relies o...

Using data from the PISA 2006 field trial, Rasch item response models are used to demonstrate that extreme response tendency was exhibited differentially across culturally distinct countries when answering Likert type attitude items. A single attitude scale is examined across eight culturally distinct countries in this paper. Two avenues to ameliorate this tendency are explored: first using dic...