The role of language in cross‐national surveys: American and Japanese respondents
作者:
Yasumasa Kuroda,
Chikio Hayashi,
Tatsuzo Suzuki,
期刊:
Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis
(WILEY Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 2,
issue 1‐2
页码: 43-59
ISSN:8755-0024
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1002/asm.3150020105
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.
关键词: Dissimilarity index;Hayashi's correspondence analysis;Functional equivalence in survey research;Cross‐national survey;Language;Response category
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractBy using an ‘index of dissimilarities’, the present study demonstrates that certain questions and response categories worded in English and Japanese did not yield functionally equivalent responses in a series of surveys conducted in Japan and the United States among bilingual students. When students are thinking in Japanese, they are more likely to select a middle position response such as ‘it depends on…’ than when they are responding in English. The trend was observed among American students responding in Japanese as well. The study also analyses possible effects of cultural environment on response to survey questions through the use of Hayashi's ‘correspondence analysis
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