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- Edvardsson, Bo, 1944-, et al.
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A method for evaluation of metric properties of response scales
- 1973
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- To permit certain statistical operations verbal response categories in questionnaire response scales must be given appropriate numbers. In this study the routines used to assign such numbers are discussed. A method to evaluate the metric properties of response scales, simultaneously being an alternative way of assigning proper numbers, is proposed. For this method, based on subjective estimation, two criteria related to commonality of meaning are suggested. Finally the method is demonstrated in an empirical study on eight different response scales.
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- Edvardsson, Bo, 1944-, et al.
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A method for evaluation of metric properties of response scales
- 1976
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In: Quality and quantity. - Amsterdam : Elsevier. - 0033-5177 .- 1573-7845. ; 10:3, s. 241-249
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The metric properties of five different response scales in measurment of attitudes, interests and personality traits are studied with an experiment group (N = 97) and a control group (N=40). The scales were different in how equal the distances between the response alternatives were.
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- Edvardsson, Bo, 1944-
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Attitudinal types concerning environmental problems
- 1975
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In: Man-Environment-Systems. - 0025-1550. ; 5:3, s. 183-184
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In an investigation with linear typal analysis on a representative sample of the Swedish population (N = 229 participants) and a local sample with N=31 environmental activists two attitudinal types were found. Type I respondents seemed to be more concerned than type II respondents. Type I gave environmental problems a higher priority, was critical against authorities, industry, city growth, and motorism, more restrictive against economic growth, more worried about the future, and demanded more information and public influence than type II. By computing Euclidean distances to the mean 64-variable profile of the two types 28 of the activists were classified as type I. The typology was crosstabulated against 46 other variables. There were no correlations with conventional background variables.
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- Edvardsson, Bo, 1944-, et al.
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Bärbyleden : en miljöfråga
- 1975
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In: Upsala Nya Tidning (UNT) 1975-03-11. - 1104-0173.
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Ett stadsplaneförslag för utbyggnad av en trafikledsetapp i Uppsala granskas kritiskt och med anförande av forskning om bl.a. effekter av buller och bly i en undertecknad artikel i Upsala Nya Tidning (UNT) tisdag den 11 mars 1975.
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- Edvardsson, Bo, 1944-, et al.
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Livskvalitet
- 1976
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Ett försök görs att precisera och granska begreppet "livskvalitet" med hjälp av en enkät till organisationer, speciellt tillfrågade personer och slumpade personer. Totalt erhölls 143 fritt avfattade svar på frågan "Vad skulle Ni personligen vilja ge för innebörd åt ordet ´livskvalitet´?" (Ordet personligen användes inte till organisationerna). Innehållet i svaren var mycket varierande och klassificerades i 25 kategorier, där "individens psykologiska egenskaper, upplevelser och aktiviteter" framstod som den vanligaste kategorin. Andra vanliga kategorier var "fysisk miljö", "förhållandet mellan människor", "politiskt system" och "arbete". Avslutningsvis görs ett försök att värdera begreppet "livskvalitet" och en kort bibliografi (4 sidor) ges.
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- Edvardsson, Bo, 1944-, et al.
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Measures of attitudinal polarization
- 1974
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Criteria for measures of attitudinal polarization, i.e. degree of opposition among people on a specific issue, are proposed and some formulas, including the standard deviation, are evaluated in relation to the criteria.The formulas were also tested on empirical data with respect to level, dispersion and agreement of received values. The measures on the whole showed a high degree of agreement. There clearly exist instances when the standard deviation is not an adequate measure of attitudinal polarization. Some guidelines are given for the choice of constant values in some proposed formulas.
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- Edvardsson, Bo, 1944-, et al.
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Measures of attitudinal polarization
- 1975
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. - Oxford : Blackwell. - 0036-5564 .- 1467-9450. ; 16:1, s. 247-254
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Criteria for measures of attitudinal polarization, i.e. degree of opposition among people on a specific issue, are proposed and some formulas, including the standard deviation, are evaluated in relation to the criteria. The formulas were also tested on empirical data with respect to level, dispersion and agreement of received values. The measures on the whole showed a high degree of agreement. There clearly exist instances where the standard deviation is not an adequate measure of attitudinal polarization. Some guidelines are given for the choice of constant values in one of the proposed formulas.
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