one important thing is to make the response pattern FOR the examinees/Ss as
straighforward as possible ... and while the items might be worded in some
cases + (i think statistics is useful) or - (i think statistics is a waste
of time) ... the response OPTIONS should stay constant so as not to confuse
the respondents
if you don't, it is kind of like have a test where you have a mixture of TF
items ... and 3 and 5 option mc items ... in sort of a random order ...
there are bound to be MARKING clerical errors on the part of the examinees
.... at least put the 5 option together ... 3 option together .. and the TF
together ...
At 10:29 AM 5/25/00 -0500, Michael Granaas wrote:
>On Thu, 25 May 2000, Grant wrote:
>
> > Dear list,
> >
> > Does anybody have experience in switching scale questions around? Such has
> > extremely satisfied, very satisfied, satisfied, dissatisfied, totally
> > dissatisfied TO totally dissatisfied, dissatisfied, satisfied, very
> > satisfied,
> > extremely satisfied. What impact does this have on the results? Will
> there
> > be a significant change in the distribution of responses across the scale
> > points?
>
>Only one very limited experience as the member of an MA committee. The
>student switched the order of responses around so that on odd numbered
>pages the positive response was high (choice 5 or 7) and on even numbered
>pages the negative response was high. Approximately 15% of her
>respondants apparently didn't notice the shift because they were very
>positive on odd numbered pages and very negative on even numbered pages.
>
>Michael
>
> >
> > Any comments on your experiences will be appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Grant
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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