Impact of changing positively worded items to negatively worded items in the Swedish web‐version of the Quality of Recovery (SwQoR) questionnaire
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DOI: 10.1111/jep.12639
Abstract: RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES The Swedish web-version of the Quality of Recovery questionnaire is used to evaluate a person's postoperative recovery after anesthesia and surgery. An earlier study found an increased risk of answering incorrectly… read more here.
Keywords: recovery; positively worded; worded items; negatively worded ... See more keywords
The Effects of Changing Negatively Worded Items to Positively Worded Items on the Reliability and the Factor Structure of Psychological Scales
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DOI: 10.1177/07342829221141934
Abstract: In survey measurement, acquiescence bias is a response effect that occurs when respondents agree to the item or the question in the scale regardless of its content. It is assumed that negative items force participants… read more here.
Keywords: positively worded; factor structure; psychological scales; worded items ... See more keywords
Differences in Multiple-Choice Questions of Opposite Stem Orientations Based on a Novel Item Quality Measure
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DOI: 10.5688/ajpe8934
Abstract: Objective. To determine whether there are differences in the performance and quality of multiple-choice items with opposite stem orientations (positive or negative), based on a novel item quality measure and conventional psychometric parameters. Methods. A… read more here.
Keywords: quality; item quality; multiple choice; worded items ... See more keywords