ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
How Does the Valence of Wording Affect Features of a Scale? The Method Effects in the Undergraduate Learning Burnout Scale.
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Abstract
A combination of both positively and negatively worded items is often employed in a survey to reduce participants' acquiescence bias, but such a combination may hurt the validity of the survey. The current study investigated the effect of valence of wording on participants' (
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