"A Comparison of Methods for Binning Responses to Open-Ended Survey Ite" by Derrick M. Angier and John D. Mayer https://dx.doi.org/10.30560/hssr.v8n1p32">
 

UNH Personality Lab

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Abstract

Psychologists and other researchers employ diverse types of surveys and survey items. Lifespace-type items include questions about a person’s external life conditions and activities, for example, “How many hours did you spend playing video games last week?” and elicit countable responses, for example, 0 hours, < 1 hour, 1-2 hours, 3-5 hours, etc., where the response intervals are referred to as bins. We report on a procedure for creating tailored bins for participants and compare it to two other binning approaches in an original and a replication study (Ns = 263 and 246). The Tailored binning approach developed here is highly structured, but, for convenience, can also be applied in less formal fashions. In the structured form focused on here, it compares favorably with alternative approaches such as Equal Percentage and Equal Interval methods. The pros and cons of each method are described in the Discussion and recommendations are provided.

Publication Date

2-9-2025

Publisher

IDEAS SPREAD

Journal Title

Humanities and Social Science Research

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://dx.doi.org/10.30560/hssr.v8n1p32

Document Type

Article

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This is an open access article published by IDEAS SPREAD in Humanities and Social Science Research in 2025, available online: https://dx.doi.org/10.30560/hssr.v8n1p32

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