Dr Alberts Is Examining a Measure of Dietary Preferences in Her

Multiple Choice

Dr. Alberts is examining a measure of dietary preferences in her study of obesity and realized that if she wants higher scores on the given measure to represent higher or more healthy dietary preferences, then she needs to _____ prior to summing the items to determine the overall score for each participant.

A) calculate the mean
B) reverse-code items worded in the opposite direction
C) determine the variability
D) calculate the standard deviation