Researchers Who Develop Multiple-Item Measures of a Psychological Construct Sometimes

Multiple Choice

Researchers who develop multiple-item measures of a psychological construct sometimes use negatively worded items,that is,items that must be recoded before scoring.This approach is:

A) a useful technique for avoiding a "yay saying" response bias
B) usually a mistake because people have difficulty processing negations
C) only useful after one has exhausted a pool of positively worded questions
D) virtually never used anymore because it creates statistical artifacts