Important Considerations for Survey Items One way to control for response style when designing a questionnaire with
Yes/no items is to
A)construct items with comparable social desirability.
B)discard all yes responses for yea-sayers and all no responses for nay-sayers.
C)emphasize the manifest content of the questions in the instructions.
D)phrase questions so that a high score requires both yes and no answers.

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Phrasing questions in a way that requires both yes and no answers for a high score helps mitigate the tendency of respondents to consistently agree or disagree, thus controlling for response style biases in yes/no surveys.

Important Considerations for Survey Items One Way to Control for Response