Weighting agreement responses by item scale values

Abstract

Investigated the idea that attitude measures should include 2 components: an evaluative component and a measure of the strength of agreement. A number of scoring methods were analyzed for a newly developed measure of worker attitude, the Survey of Work Values. Multipoint and dichotomous scoring of agreement responses were highly correlated with scores based upon a more elaborate multiplicative technique which used both evaluative and agreement weights. Results suggest that the unweighted methods of scoring be used, but that additional research is warranted. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)