Can Response Order Bias Evaluations?.

Israel, Glenn D.; Taylor, C. L.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Can Response Order Bias Evaluations?

Israel, Glenn D.; Taylor, C. L.

Evaluation and Program Planning, v13 n4 p365-71 1990

Mail questionnaire items that are susceptible to order effects were examined using data from 168 questionnaires in a Florida Cooperative Extension Service evaluation. Order effects were found for multiple-response and attributive questions but not for single-response items. Order also interacted with question complexity, social desirability, and associations between items. (TJH)

Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Difficulty Level, Educational Assessment, Error of Measurement, Mail Surveys, Multiple Choice Tests, Program Evaluation, Questionnaires, Rural Extension, Social Desirability, Test Bias, Testing Problems

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