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Best Worst Scaling: Theory and Practice

2015
Best worst scaling (BWS) can be a method of data collection, and/or a theory of how respondents provide top and bottom ranked items from a list. The three ‘cases’ of BWS are described, followed by a summary of the main models and related theoretical results, including an exposition of possible theoretical relationships between estimates from two of the
A.A.J. Marley, Terry N. Flynn
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Exploring Best–Worst Scaling for Communication Sciences and Disorders

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2021
Purpose The primary purpose of this study is to introduce the method of best–worst scaling (BWS) and explore how it can be applied to the field of communication sciences and disorders. Method Two hundred thirty-six participants (156 students and 80 instructors) responded to a survey
Scot A. Squires, Katie E. Squires
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Best-Worst Scaling in analytical closed-form solution

Journal of Choice Modelling, 2014
Abstract Best-Worst Scaling (BWS), sometimes also called Maximum Difference (MaxDiff), is a discrete choice modeling method widely used for finding utilities and choice probabilities among multiple alternatives. It can be seen as an extension of the paired comparison techniques for the simultaneous presentation of several items together to ...
Stan Lipovetsky, Michael Conklin
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Applying best‐worst scaling to wine marketing

International Journal of Wine Business Research, 2009
PurposeMost marketing researchers use rating scales to understand consumer preferences. These have a range of problems, which can be greatly ameliorated by the use of a new technique, best‐worst scaling (BWS). The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the BWS method by an empirical example, which demonstrates the steps to design and analyze a BW ...
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Parental preferences for vesicoureteral reflux treatment: Profile case best-worst scaling

Journal of Pediatric Urology, 2021
Vesicoureteral reflux is a common pediatric urologic condition that often has several reasonable treatment options depending on condition severity. In order to choose the best treatment for their child, parents are expected to make judgements that weigh attributes such as treatment cost, effectiveness, and complication rate.
Zachary R. Dionise, Juan Marcos Gonzalez, Michael L. Garcia-Roig, Andrew J. Kirsch, Charles D. Scales, John S. Wiener, J. Todd Purves, Jonathan C. Routh   +7 more
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Using HurtLex and Best-Worst Scaling to Develop ERIS

2023
ERIS, a lexical resource of Modern Greek for offensive language detection, is the result of cleansing, enriching and assigning graded offensiveness values to the EL branch of HurtLex. ERIS contains 1148 entries and is openly available. Graded values were obtained with the Best-Worst Scaling methodthat was applied with the Litescale tool.
Valerio Basile, Stella Markantonatou, Vivian Stamou, Iakovi Alexiou, Georgia Apostolopoulou, Vana Archonti, Antonis Balas, Eleni Koutli, Maria Panagiotopoulou   +8 more
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The Best–Worst Scaling Approach: An Alternative to Schwartz's Values Survey

Journal of Personality Assessment, 2008
Traditional self-report ratings have some measurement problems that a relatively new method, best-worst scaling (BWS; Finn & Louviere, 1992), may overcome. This alternative method, based on Louviere's BWS, can be used to measure the relative importance or perceived trade-offs among choice alternatives. The method is illustrated as an alternative to the
Julie Anne, Lee, Geoffrey, Soutar, Jordan, Louviere   +2 more
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USING BEST-WORST SCALING IN HORIZON SCANNING FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA TECHNOLOGIES

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2012
Objectives: There is a growing need for efficient procedures for identification of emerging technologies by horizon scanning systems. We demonstrate the value of best-worst scaling (BWS) in exploring clinicians’ views on emerging technologies that will impact outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the next 5 to 10 years.Methods: Clinicians in ...
Gallego, Gisselle (R16900), Bridges, John F., Flynn, Terry, Blauvelt, Barri M., Niessen, Louis W.   +4 more
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Conflict‐handling style measurement: a best‐worst scaling application

International Journal of Conflict Management, 2010
PurposeThis study aims to develop and validate a best‐worst scaling (BWS) measure of preferred conflict‐handling styles, named the Conflict‐handling BWS (CHBWS).Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted three studies. Study 1 consisted of a sample of psychology students (n=136) from a Canadian university and was designed to assess the convergent
Timothy M. Daly, Julie Anne Lee, Geoffrey N. Soutar, Sarah Rasmi   +3 more
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Best-worst scaling: theory and methods

Choice modelling is an increasingly important technique for forecasting and valuation, with applications in fields such as transportation, health and environmental economics. For this reason it has attracted attention from leading academics and practitioners and methods have advanced substantially in recent years.
T.N. Flynn, A.A.J. Marley
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