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- Are both positive and negative items necessary in questionnaires?
- What is positively and negatively worded questions?
- What is the reason for alternating positively and negatively worded questions on a questionnaire?
- Which way should a Likert scale be?
Are both positive and negative items necessary in questionnaires?
By including a mix of both positive and negative items, respondents are forced to consider the question and (hopefully) provide a more meaningful response which should reduce these biases.
What is positively and negatively worded questions?
A positively worded item refers to a question where agreement is interpreted as a favourable answer, whereas a negatively worded item refers to a question where disagreement is interpreted as a favourable answer.
What is the reason for alternating positively and negatively worded questions on a questionnaire?
A combination of both positively and negatively worded items is often employed in a survey to reduce participants' acquiescence bias, but such a combination may hurt the validity of the survey.
Which way should a Likert scale be?
The ascending order of Likert response options is Strongly disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, and Strongly agree, whereas the descending order is Strongly agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, and Strongly disagree.
