How Do Reverse-Worded Items Address Shortcuts

question 32

Multiple Choice

How do reverse-worded items address shortcuts?

• A)They slow down readers, making them answer more carefully.
• B)They give people more answer options.
• C)They are easier for people to read.
• D)They ask each question twice so the participant answers twice.

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Definitions:

Normal Random Variable

A variable that follows a normal distribution in its value distribution.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how spread out the numbers are from the mean.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of values, calculated by adding all the values together and then dividing by the number of values.

Standard Deviations

An indicator of how much the values in a collection differ from each other.