The Effect of Negation and Polar Opposite Item Reversals on Questionnaire Reliability and Validity: An Experimental Investigation.

Schriesheim, Chester A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ425134

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Publication Date: 1991

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The Effect of Negation and Polar Opposite Item Reversals on Questionnaire Reliability and Validity: An Experimental Investigation.

Schriesheim, Chester A.; And Others

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v51 n1 p67-78 Spr 1991

Effects of item wording on questionnaire reliability and validity were studied, using 280 undergraduate business students who completed a questionnaire comprising 4 item types: (1) regular; (2) polar opposite; (3) negated polar opposite; and (4) negated regular. Implications of results favoring regular and negated regular items are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Business Education, Comparative Testing, Higher Education, Negative Forms (Language), Questionnaires, Test Construction, Test Format, Test Items, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Undergraduate Students

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Language: English

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