I incorporate a separate "N/A" option. This could be included in an earlier
question that would ensure respondents who should not answer the questions
were skipped over those questions. This is standard practice, e.g. in CATI
situations.
CATI = computer assisted telephone interviewing.
IMO the problem has become incorrect survey question pattern design in this
case, rather than incorrect response design.
cheers
Michelle
"Dennis Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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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