Mr. Wright is reviewing a measure of relationship satisfaction and realized that if he wants higher scores to represent higher relationship satisfaction then he needs to ______ before he sums the items to determine the overall score for an individual participant.
A) calculate the mean
B) reverse-code
C) determine the variability
D) calculate the standard deviation

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

If Mr. Wright wants higher scores to represent higher relationship satisfaction, he needs to reverse-code some of the items to ensure that a high score on all items represents a positive (rather than negative) response. This will result in an accurate overall score for the participant.

Mr Wright Is Reviewing a Measure of Relationship Satisfaction and Realized