Extending the procedure of Engelberg et al. (2009) to surveys with unequal interval widths
The approach by Engelberg et al. (2009) to convert probabilistic survey responses into continuous probability distributions implicitly assumes that the question intervals are equally wide. Almost all recently established surveys have intervals of unequal width. Applying the standard approach to thes...
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| Autori principali: | , , , |
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| Natura: | Article (Journal) |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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July 2026
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Economics letters
Year: 2026, Volume: 267, Pages: 1-4 |
| ISSN: | 1873-7374 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.econlet.2026.113067 |
| Accesso online: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2026.113067 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176526002612 
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| Note sull'autore: | Christoph K. Becker, Peter Duersch, Thomas Eife, Alexander Glas |
| Riassunto: | The approach by Engelberg et al. (2009) to convert probabilistic survey responses into continuous probability distributions implicitly assumes that the question intervals are equally wide. Almost all recently established surveys have intervals of unequal width. Applying the standard approach to these surveys gives implausible and potentially misleading results. This note shows how the approach of Engelberg et al. (2009) can be adjusted to account for intervals of unequal width. |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Gesehen am 30.07.2026 |
| Descrizione fisica: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1873-7374 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.econlet.2026.113067 |