Author Question: Explain reverse-scored items in terms of the Cat Person Scale described in the text. What will be ... (Read 74 times)

tuffie

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 534
Explain reverse-scored items in terms of the Cat Person Scale described in the text.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Why do people respond in socially desirable ways?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



mcarey591

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 365
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Reverse-scored items are items scored in the opposite direction from the responses. The Cat Person Scale mentioned in the text had questions that were easy to scorehigh numbers mean you like cats. Some questions, though, are asked in the opposite manner and high numbers would then mean you are not a cat person. The scores for those questions need to be reversed.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Socially desirable responding is the tendency of people to make themselves look better than they actually are. It occurs because people want to appear good to the researcher.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
 

Did you know?

Fatal fungal infections may be able to resist newer antifungal drugs. Globally, fungal infections are often fatal due to the lack of access to multiple antifungals, which may be required to be utilized in combination. Single antifungals may not be enough to stop a fungal infection from causing the death of a patient.

Did you know?

Fungal nail infections account for up to 30% of all skin infections. They affect 5% of the general population—mostly people over the age of 70.

Did you know?

Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.

Did you know?

Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.

Did you know?

About 600,000 particles of skin are shed every hour by each human. If you live to age 70 years, you have shed 105 pounds of dead skin.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library