What Is the Acquiescence Bias, and Why Does It Influence

Essay

What is the acquiescence bias, and why does it influence the way in which researchers format their items? Specifically, (a) describe the acquiescence bias, (b) describe how it impacts item construction and response formats, (c) offer one way to address this problem in scale construction, and provide an example that illustrates how it would address the problem of acquiescence bias.