RatingScaleReduction package: stepwise rating scale item reduction without predictability loss

Abstract

This study presents an innovative method for reducing the number of rating scale items without predictability loss. The "area under the re- ceiver operator curve method" (AUC ROC) is used to implement in the RatingScaleReduction package posted on CRAN. Several cases have been used to illustrate how the stepwise method has reduced the number of rating scale items (variables).