In Assessing Items for a Likert Scale, a Negative Discriminatory

question 43

Multiple Choice

In assessing items for a Likert scale, a negative discriminatory power score on an item means that:

• A)high scorers on the overall scale scored lower on this item than did the low scorers on the overall scale.
• B)people in the upper and lower quartiles scored very differently on this item.
• C)there is a negative relationship between how people score on this item and on the overall scale.
• D)the item is a good candidate for inclusion in the final scale.

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