Statistical modelling of vignette data in psychology.

Vignette methods are widely used in psychology and the social sciences to obtain responses to multi‐dimensional scenarios or situations. Where quantitative data are collected this presents challenges to the selection of an appropriate statistical model. This depends on subtle details of the design a...

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Published in:British Journal of Psychology Vol. 113; no. 4; pp. 1143 - 1164
Main Authors: Baguley, Thom, Dunham, Grace, Steer, Oonagh
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Nov2022
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          Baguley, Thom
          Dunham, Grace
          Steer, Oonagh
        affil: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
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        Judgment (Psychology)
        Psychology
        Bullying
        Case studies
        Statistical models
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          Judgment (Psychology)
          Psychology
          Bullying
          Case studies
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        factorial survey experiments
        multilevel modeling
        vignette data
        factorial survey experiments
        multilevel modeling
        vignette data
      ab: Vignette methods are widely used in psychology and the social sciences to obtain responses to multi‐dimensional scenarios or situations. Where quantitative data are collected this presents challenges to the selection of an appropriate statistical model. This depends on subtle details of the design and allocation of vignettes to participants. A key distinction is between factorial survey experiments where each participant receives a different allocation of vignettes from the full universe of possible vignettes and experimental vignette studies where this restriction is relaxed. The former leads to nested designs with a single random factor and the latter to designs with two crossed random factors. In addition, the allocation of vignettes to participants may lead to fractional or unbalanced designs and a consequent loss of efficiency or aliasing of the effects of interest. Many vignette studies (including some factorial survey experiments) include unmodeled heterogeneity between vignettes leading to potentially serious problems if traditional regression approaches are adopted. These issues are reviewed and recommendations are made for the efficient design of vignette studies including the allocation of vignettes to participants. Multilevel models are proposed as a general approach to handling nested and crossed designs including unbalanced and fractional designs. This is illustrated with a small vignette data set looking at judgements of online and offline bullying and harassment.
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