Which of the Following Is FALSE

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is FALSE?

• A)Including a "don't know" option with the regular scale positions for an item may add error to the study.
• B)For most purposes,a minimum of 5 response categories should be included when designing measures.
• C)Composite measures are more diagnostic than global measures.
• D)The practice of negatively wording some items often seems to introduce a sort of negativity bias that may distort responses.
• E)Measure reliability decreases as the number of scale positions are increased.

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Dependent Variable

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