Mokken scale

The Mokken scale is a psychometric method of data reduction. A Mokken scale is a unidimensional scale that consists of hierarchically-ordered items that measure the same underlying, latent concept. This method is named after the political scientist Rob Mokken who suggested it in 1971.[1]

Mokken Scales have been used in psychology,[2] education,[3][4] political science,[1][5] public opinion,[6] medicine[7] and nursing.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b Mokken, Rob (1971). A theory and procedure of scale analysis: With applications in political research. Walter de Gruyter.
  2. ^ Bedford, A.; Watson, R.; Lyne, J.; Tibbles, J.; Davies, F.; Deary, I.J. (2009). "Mokken scaling and principal components analyses of the CORE-OM in a large clinical sample". Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. 17 (1): 51–62. doi:10.1002/cpp.649. PMID 19728291. S2CID 10445195.
  3. ^ Straat, J.H., Van Ark, L.A. and Sijtsma, K. (2014) Minimum Sample Size Requirements for Mokken Scale Analysis in Educational and Psychological Measurement Volume: 74 issue: 5, page(s): 809822
  4. ^ Palmgren, P.J., Brodin, U., Nilsson G.H., Watson, R., Stenfors, T. (2018) Investigating psychometric properties and dimensional structure of an educational environment measure (DREEM) using Mokken scale analysis – a pragmatic approach BMC Medical Education volume = 18, issue = 1, article 235 doi:10.1186/s12909-018-1334-8
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference vanschuur2003mokken was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Gillespie, M.; Tenvergert, E.M.; Kingma, J. (1987). "[Using Mokken scale analysis to develop unidimensional scales ]". Quantity and Quality. 21 (4): 393–408. doi:10.1007/BF00172565. S2CID 118280333.
  7. ^ Stochl, J.; Jones, P.B.; Croudance, C.J. (2012). "Mokken scale analysis of mental health and well-being questionnaire item responses: a non-parametric IRT method in empirical research for applied health researchers". BMC Medical Research Methodology. 12: 74. doi:10.1186/1471-2288-12-74. PMC 3464599. PMID 22686586.
  8. ^ Cook, N.F., McCance, T., McCormack, B., Barr, O., Slater, P. (2018) Perceived caring attributes and priorities of pre‐registration nursing students throughout a nursing curriculum underpinned by person‐centredness Journal of Clinical Nursing doi: 10.1111/jocn.14341
  9. ^ Aleo, G., Bagnasco, A., Watson, R., Dyson, J., Cowdell, F., Catania, G., Zanini, M.P., Cozani, E., Parodi, A., Saso, L. (2019) Comparing questionnaires across cultures: Using Mokken scaling to compare the Italian and English versions of the MOLES index Nursing Open doi: 10.1002/nop2.297