Positive, negative, and bipolar questions: The effect of question polarity on ratings of text readability

For decades, survey researchers have known that respondents give different answers to attitude questions worded positively (X is good. Agree-Disagree), negatively (X is bad. Agree-Disagree) or on a bipolar scale (X is bad-good). This makes survey answers hard to interpret, especially since findings...

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Main Authors: Naomi Kamoen, Bregje Holleman, Huub van den Bergh, Ted Sanders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Survey Research Association 2013-12-01
Series:Survey Research Methods
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Online Access:https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/article/view/5034