Best-worst scaling vs. discrete choice experiments: An empirical comparison using social care data
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- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 2011, 72 (10), pp. 1717 - 1727
- Issue Date:
- 2011-05-01
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This paper presents empirical findings from the comparison between two principal preference elicitation techniques: discrete choice experiments and profile-based best-worst scaling. Best-worst scaling involves less cognitive burden for respondents and provides more information than traditional " pick-one" tasks asked in discrete choice experiments. However, there is lack of empirical evidence on how best-worst scaling compares to discrete choice experiments. This empirical comparison between discrete choice experiments and best-worst scaling was undertaken as part of the Outcomes of Social Care for Adults project, England, which aims to develop a weighted measure of social care outcomes. The findings show that preference weights from best-worst scaling and discrete choice experiments do reveal similar patterns in preferences and in the majority of cases preference weights - when normalised/rescaled - are not significantly different. © 2011.
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