In order to ensure that high scores mean the same thing for items worded in a positive and negative direction on a 1 to 5 scale, you rescore the negatively worded items so that 1 becomes 5, 2 becomes 4, 4 becomes 2, and 5 becomes 1. This procedure is known as
A) Osgood scoring
B) differential scoring
C) Thurstone scoring
D) reverse scoring.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The procedure described is known as reverse scoring, where negatively worded items are rescored in order to ensure that high scores mean the same thing across all items.

In Order to Ensure That High Scores Mean the Same