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The closed-ended questions formats: The nature, validity and reliability of their responses
| Resumo: | This paper aims to support researchers in the decisions about the use of closed answer questions intheir questionnaires by critically reviewing the literature regarding the implications of such decisionsfor the nature, validity and reliability of the measure. This literature’s review provides arguments forthe researcher to decide on how best to operationalize their variables through a closed response.Arguments presented support decision-making in the construction of response options to be providedto the respondent, and the type of scale to be used: graphical or non-graphical; categories or continuousassessment; with 3 or more points; with or without labels and in this case, with what kind of labels,etc. Other topics are illustrated to be considered for construction of a response scale analyzing thespecific case in which “perceived frequencies” are measured. |
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| Autores principais: | Garcia-Marques, Teresa |
| Outros Autores: | Bártolo-Ribeiro, Rui |
| Assunto: | Assessment scales, Questionnaires, Bias. Escalas de avaliação, Questionários, Enviesamento. |
| Ano: | 2020 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Análise Psicológica |
| Resumo: | This paper aims to support researchers in the decisions about the use of closed answer questions intheir questionnaires by critically reviewing the literature regarding the implications of such decisionsfor the nature, validity and reliability of the measure. This literature’s review provides arguments forthe researcher to decide on how best to operationalize their variables through a closed response.Arguments presented support decision-making in the construction of response options to be providedto the respondent, and the type of scale to be used: graphical or non-graphical; categories or continuousassessment; with 3 or more points; with or without labels and in this case, with what kind of labels,etc. Other topics are illustrated to be considered for construction of a response scale analyzing thespecific case in which “perceived frequencies” are measured. |
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