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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/3447| Title: | 'Neither Agree, Nor Disagree': A Critical Analysis of the Middle Answer Category in Voting Advice Applications | Authors: | Baka, Aphrodite Figgou, Lia Triga, Vasiliki |
Major Field of Science: | Social Sciences | Field Category: | Political Science | Keywords: | Voting advice applications;Local Elections;Electoral campaigns;Methodological design;Electronic democracy;Electoral Behaviour;VAA design;Likert scale | Issue Date: | 2012 | Source: | International Journal of Electronic Governance, 2012, vol.5, no.3/4, pp.244-263 | Volume: | 5 | Issue: | 3/4 | Start page: | 244 | End page: | 263 | Journal: | International Journal of Electronic Governance | Abstract: | This paper explores the meanings attributed to the middle category of a 5-point Likert scale that is commonly used by Voting Advice Applications (VAAs). Data was collected from 71 users of the VAA 'Helpmevote' (October 2010 for the Greek local elections), who were asked to justify their middle point answers. According to thematic analysis of the participants' answers, the middle points were used to convey lack of knowledge, but also dilemmas and rejection of the items' assumptions. Such findings address methodological issues related to the design of VAAs and set some goals for their future design. Copyright 2012 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/3447 | ISSN: | 17427517 | DOI: | 10.1504/IJEG.2012.051306 | Rights: | © 2014 Inderscience Enterprises | Type: | Article | Affiliation : | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Cyprus University of Technology |
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