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Measuring Institutional Trust: Evidence from Guyana
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Abstract "Institutional trust is often measured by several items that are analyzed individually or as sum-scores. However, it is difficult to summarize the results of individual-items analyses, whereas sum-scores may be meaningless if the dimensions that the items are assumed to measure are not verified. Alt... view more
"Institutional trust is often measured by several items that are analyzed individually or as sum-scores. However, it is difficult to summarize the results of individual-items analyses, whereas sum-scores may be meaningless if the dimensions that the items are assumed to measure are not verified. Although these limitations are circumvented by using factor analysis, response styles may still bias research results. We use data from Guyana to show that a second-order factor model is appropriate for measuring institutional trust. We also demonstrate that response styles can inflate item and factor convergent validity and may either distort regression effects or create completely spurious ones. We therefore recommend using factor models with corrections for response styles in institutional trust research instead of sum-scores and individual-items analyses." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
political institution; confidence; political system; measurement; Guyana; scale construction; analysis; indicator; construction of indicators; factor analysis; response behavior; methodological research; data quality
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 85-115
Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 7 (2015) 3
ISSN
1868-4890
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed