The Relationship between Response Inconsistency Due to Item Wording and Some Variable

The Relationship between Response Inconsistency Due to Item Wording and Some Variable

Abdelhafez Al-Shayeb

alshayeb1@yahoo.com

Received : 09-06-2008 , Accepted : 15-04-2009

Language: Arabic

Abstract

The study aimed at determining the relationship between the response inconsistency due to item wording in one hand and the respondent age, gender, Arabic language score in the general secondary certificate exam as an indicator of reading comprehension, and the grade point average as an indicator of achievement. A scale of attitudes towards mathematics was used to collect data from (462) males and females students from different ages and majors in Al al-Bayt University in Jordan. The results revealed a significant mean score differences due to item wording on both sub-scales in favor of the positively worded items. However, it has been found that the internal consistency of the positively-worded items is higher than the internal consistency of the negatively-worded items. Moreover, a relationship has been revealed between response inconsistency and the Arabic language scores in the general secondary certificate exam as an indicator of reading comprehension, as well as the grade point average as an indicator of achievement. Keywords: response inconsistency, item wording, self-report measures, internal consistency.

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