At 01:17 PM 9/9/01 +1200, Magenta wrote:
>It would treat "don't agree" as the zero point. So an answer at the 100%
>point would be interpreted as twice as strong as an answer at the 50% point.
let's say the item is
"i like statistics"
and, we have two people ... PERSON 1 who HATES statistics ... and PERSON 2
one who really has had no exposure to statistics and therefore, really has
"no opinion" at this point in time
and the response options are:
I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS |------------------------------------| I STRONGLY
AGREE WITH THIS
0 5 10
NOW, both person A and person B ... respond "I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS"
(which is dictated by the item response possibilities)
are you trying to tell us that you would consider both of these responses
as reflecting the same degree of "agreement" and/or ... compared to someone
who might have responded 5 ... equally different than the person who said
"5"???
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