A researcher develops a survey to measure citizens' perceptions of the police. In one segment of the survey, respondents are asked to indicate their level of agreement or disagreement with a series of statements about the police. Some statements are written so that respondents who perceive the police favorably will agree with the statement; others are written so that respondents who perceive the police favorably will disagree with the statement. In survey research, these opposite format question

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These opposite format questions are known as reversals, where the way the statement is worded requires respondents to reverse their answers if they perceive the police favorably or unfavorably. Thus, option D - reversals is the correct term for this type of question format. The other options do not accurately describe this type of question.

A Researcher Develops a Survey to Measure Citizens' Perceptions of the Police