Researchers Who Develop Multiple-Item Measures of a Psychological Construct Sometimes

question 12

Multiple Choice

Researchers who develop multiple-item measures of a psychological construct sometimes use negatively worded items,that is,items that must be recoded before scoring.This approach is:

• A)a useful technique for avoiding a "yay saying" response bias
• B)usually a mistake because people have difficulty processing negations
• C)only useful after one has exhausted a pool of positively worded questions
• D)virtually never used anymore because it creates statistical artifacts

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