A
study of the effects of different forms of questionnaire items
on factorial validity
A. Ishikawa |
To
examine the effects of different forms of questionnaire items (Yes-No
type vs. Yes-?-No type and affirmative statement vs. question statement),
on factorial validity, a total of 360 extension items were prepared
based upon the present 16 P.F. test. These 360 extension items and
the 16 P.F. forms A, B, and C were administered to 218 college students.
After confirmation of the existence of 16 personality factors as
defined in the 16 P.F. test, the correlations were obtained between
the estimated factor scores and the answers to the 360 extension
items. The 2 X 2 factorial design (i.e. 2 answer types and 2 question
types)' was considered for each of the fifteen factors, excluding
factor B, and the analysis of variance was made for each. The results
showed that only for factors A and Q3 was there significance of interaction
(question type and answer type). It was concluded that item forms
iii the questionnaire do not affect the factorial validity.
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