For the following two items, “Pizza is delicious” is scored normally while, “Pizza tastes disgusting” is reverse-scored. The raw, unmodified data shows that a respondent selected ‘Neither agree nor disagree’ (3) for the first item and ‘Disagree’ (2) for the second item. What should this respondent’s score be? Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeither Agree nor DisagreeAgreeStrongly AgreePizza is delicious12345Pizza tastes disgusting12345Group of answer choices5 (or 2.5 if using an average)7 (or 3.5 if using an average)4 (or 2 if using an average)9 (or 4.5 if using an average)
Question
For the following two items, “Pizza is delicious” is scored normally while, “Pizza tastes disgusting” is reverse-scored. The raw, unmodified data shows that a respondent selected ‘Neither agree nor disagree’ (3) for the first item and ‘Disagree’ (2) for the second item. What should this respondent’s score be? Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeither Agree nor DisagreeAgreeStrongly AgreePizza is delicious12345Pizza tastes disgusting12345Group of answer choices5 (or 2.5 if using an average)7 (or 3.5 if using an average)4 (or 2 if using an average)9 (or 4.5 if using an average)
Solution
To determine the respondent's score, we need to follow these steps:
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Score the first item ("Pizza is delicious") normally:
- The respondent selected ‘Neither agree nor disagree’ which corresponds to a score of 3.
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Reverse-score the second item ("Pizza tastes disgusting"):
- The respondent selected ‘Disagree’ which corresponds to a score of 2.
- To reverse-score, we need to transform the score using the following scale:
- 1 becomes 5
- 2 becomes 4
- 3 becomes 3
- 4 becomes 2
- 5 becomes 1
- Therefore, a score of 2 (Disagree) becomes 4 when reverse-scored.
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Sum the scores:
- First item score: 3
- Second item reverse-scored: 4
- Total score: 3 + 4 = 7
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Calculate the average (if needed):
- Total score: 7
- Number of items: 2
- Average score: 7 / 2 = 3.5
So, the respondent’s score should be 7 (or 3.5 if using an average).
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