Interpreting Foreign Smiles: Language Context and Type of Scale in the Assessment of Perceived Happiness and Sadness
The current study focuses on how different scales with varying demands can affect our subjective assessments. We carried out 2 experiments in which we asked participants to rate how happy or sad morphed images of faces looked. The two extremes were the original happy and original sad faces with 4 morphs in between. We manipulated language of the task—namely, half of the participants carried it out in their native language, [...]
Clustering Words to Match Conditions: An Algorithm for Stimuli Selection in Factorial Designs
With the increasing refinement of language processing models and the new [...]
Does the position of Response Options in Multiple-Choice Tests Matter
In large scale multiple-choice (MC) tests alternate forms of a test [...]
Multilevel Modeling in the Presence of Outliers: A Comparison of Robust Estimation Methods
Multilevel models (MLMs) have proven themselves to be very useful [...]
Bayesian Estimation of Multidimensional Item Response Models. A comparison of Analytic and Simulation Algorithms
This study compares the performance of two estimation algorithms of [...]
