Evidence‐Based Survey Design: The Use of Negatively Worded Items in Surveys | Zendy

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Evidence‐Based Survey Design: The Use of Negatively Worded Items in Surveys

Author(s) -

Chyung Seung Youn Yonnie,

Barkin Julie R.,

Shamsy Jennifer A.

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

performance improvement

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1930-8272

pISSN - 1090-8811

DOI - 10.1002/pfi.21749

Subject(s) - reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , applied psychology , quality (philosophy) , survey research , validity , social psychology , survey data collection , psychometrics , statistics , clinical psychology , mathematics , power (physics) , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics

A close examination of the literature on including positively and negatively worded items in structured survey questionnaires revealed that contrary to the traditional wisdom, it is better not to use a mix of positively and negatively worded items because doing so can create threats to validity and reliability of the survey instrument. If mixing is done, it is recommended to use strategies derived from research to improve the quality of data and the instrument's validity and reliability.

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