Title
Getting Something Out of Nothing: Analyzing Patterns of Null Responses to Improve Data Collection Methods in Sub-Saharan Africa
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
Careful development and adaptation of assessments are imperative for cultural psychological research. However, despite the best efforts, the use of assessments in new contexts can reveal atypical and/or unexpected patterns of performance. We found this to be the case in the testing of assessments to be used for a larger investigation of Specific Reading Disabilities in Zambia. In a sample of 207 children (100 female) from grades 2 to 7, we illustrated that assessment characteristics (i.e., stimulus type, answer choice, and response type) differentially impact patterns of responsiveness. The number of missing values was the highest for assessments that (1) used written stimuli, (2) had an open-ended answer choice, and (3) required an action response. Age and socio-economic status explained some of the variance in responsiveness in selected, but not all assessments. Consideration of the impact of stimulus and response types when adapting assessments cross-linguistically and cross-culturally is essential. © 2014 Elsevier Inc..
Recommended Citation
Hein, S.; Reich, J.; Marks, S.; Thuma, Philip; and Grigorenko, E. L., "Getting Something Out of Nothing: Analyzing Patterns of Null Responses to Improve Data Collection Methods in Sub-Saharan Africa" (2016). Biology Educator Scholarship. 76.
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Comments
Hein, S., Reich, J., Marks, S., Thuma, P. E., & Grigorenko, E. L. (2016). Getting something out of nothing: Analyzing patterns of null responses to improve data collection methods in sub-Saharan Africa. Learning and Individual Differences, 46, 11–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2014.11.024