Factors Defined by Negatively Keyed Items
The Result of Careless Respondents?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23345977 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neal Schmitt (0000-0002-2806-348X, Michigan State University), Daniel M Stuits (Quaker Oats Company) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 367-373 |
| Publication date | 1985-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Psychological Measurement (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0146-6216 • E-ISSN: 1552-3497 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/014662168500900405 |
| OpenAlex | W2129501685 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 105 |
| References cited | 23 |
A frequently occurring phenomenon in factor and cluster analysis of personality or attitude scale items is that all or nearly all questionnaire items that are nega tively keyed will define a single factor. Although sub stantive interpretations of these negative factors are usually attempted, this study demonstrates that the negative factor could be produced by a relatively small portion of the respondents who fail to attend to the negative-positive wording of the items. Data were generated using three different correlation matrices, which demonstrated that regardless of data source, when only 10% of the respondents are careless in this fashion, a clearly definable negative factor is gener ated. Recommendations for instrument development and data editing are presented.
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