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Dr. Tanja Kutscher

Research Data Center, Methods Development | Scaling and Test Design

Vita

Research interests

  • latent Variable Models
  • Longitudinal Research Methods
  • Skalennutzung
  • Subjective Well-Being

    • Publications

    2024

    Aßmann, C., Gnambs, T., Sengewald, M.-A., Kutscher, T., & Carstensen, C. H. (Eds.). (2024). The national educational panel study (NEPS) and methodological innovations in longitudinal large-scale assessments [Special issue]. Large-scale Assessments in Education. Springer Nature. https://largescaleassessmentsineducation.springeropen.com/neps
    Kutscher, T., & Eid, M. (2024). Psychometric benefits of self-chosen rating scales over given rating scales. Behavior Research Methods, 56, 7440–7464. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02429-w
    Petersen, L. A., Kutscher, T., Beyer, T., & Bednorz, D. (2024). NEPS Technical Report for mathematics - Scaling results of Starting Cohort 1 for eight-year-old children (wave 9) (NEPS Survey Paper No. 111). Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, National Educational Panel Study. https://doi.org/10.5157/NEPS:SP111:1.0

    2020

    Kutscher, T., & Eid, M. (2020). The effect of rating scale length on the occurrence of inappropriate category use for the assessment of job satisfaction: An experimental online study. Journal of Well-Being Assessment, 4(1), 1-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41543-020-00024-2
    Kutscher, T., & Scharl, A. (2020). NEPS Technical Report for reading: Scaling results of Starting Cohort 3 for grade 12 (NEPS Survey Paper No. 67). Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, National Educational Panel Study. https://doi.org/10.5157/NEPS:SP67:1.0

    2019

    Kutscher, T. (2019). Measuring job satisfaction with rating scales: Problems and remedies. https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/25149
    Kutscher, T., Eid, M., & Crayen, C. (2019). Sample size requirements for applying mixed polytomous item response models: Results of a Monte Carlo simulation study. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02494
    Wiest, M., Kutscher, T., Willeke, J., Merkel, J., Hoffmann, M., Kaufmann-Kuchta, K., & Widany, S. (2019). The potential of statistical matching for the analysis of wider benefits of learning in later life. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 10(3), 291–306. https://doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela201910

    Selected presentations and lectures

    2024

    Kutscher, T., & Eid, M. (2024, September 16 - June 19). Measurement using self-chosen rating scales: Psychometric advantages over given rating scales [Paper presentation]. 53rd DGPs Congress / 15th ÖGP Conference, Vienna, Austria. https://dgps2024.univie.ac.at/program/

    2019

    Eid, M., & Kutscher, T. (1. September 2019). Can response styles be avoided when individuals are allowed to choose the response scale they prefer? [Vortrag]. Paper presented at the conference of the division "Methods & Evaluation of the German Psychological Society", Kiel, Germany.