Hi all,
6 of the items in the 5-point Likert-type scale are positive and 6 are negative. When I turn negatives into positives, the meaning changes a bit.
E.g:
In a municipality where women are a minority, women feel excluded.
Is it appropriate to take scale averages and apply t-test and anova without reversing these items? Will there be a problem if I do this?
You need to recode either the negative or the positive items before computing scale averages. Otherwise the average will make no sense.
@Hatice Indeed they need to be on the same polarity else they would make no sense as already mentioned by @Christian. Recoding negative polarity item won't change their meaning rather aligns them with other items with positive direction hence making the interpretation easier.
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