Using ad hoc measures for response styles: A cautionary note

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 761-775

  de Beuckelaer, Alain ^a   Weijters, Bert ^b   Rutten, Anouk ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acquiescence extreme response style; Between method convergent validity; Representative indicators for response styles (RIRS); Response styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952428787     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-009-9225-z     Document Type: Article

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