Modeling Multiple Response Processes in Judgment and Choice

In this article, I show how item response models can be used to capture multiple response processes in psychological applications. Intuitive and analytical responses, agree disagree answers, response refusals, socially desirable responding, differential item functioning, and choices among multiple options are considered. In each of these cases, I show that the response processes can be measured via pseudoitems derived from the observed responses. The estimation of these models via standard software programs that allow for missing data is also discussed. The article concludes with two detailed applications that illustrate the prevalence of multiple response processes.