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 **Are scales with reversed-polarity items preferable?** **Are scales with reversed-polarity items preferable?**
  
-This question cannot be answered in general.+There is no general answer to this question.
  
 The use of reversed-polarity items will usually result in the effect that the correlation between items (Cronbach's alpha) is slightly lower. Basically that is not desirable – but might as well be an indicator that the respondents have made their answer thoughtfully. In addition, a general tendency to approval/rejection is extenuated by the use of reversed-polarity items. This results in a superior measurement of the construct.  The use of reversed-polarity items will usually result in the effect that the correlation between items (Cronbach's alpha) is slightly lower. Basically that is not desirable – but might as well be an indicator that the respondents have made their answer thoughtfully. In addition, a general tendency to approval/rejection is extenuated by the use of reversed-polarity items. This results in a superior measurement of the construct. 
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