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Subject:Re: Documentation Usability Surveys From:"Michael A. Lewis" <lewism -at- BRANDLE -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:29:51 +1100
DURL wrote:
>
> I thought this was a great idea.
> I had a professor who insisted on using even numbers in scales
> (i.e., 6 instead of 5) so that people had to come down for or against.
> Many people, he said, opt for neutral whenever it's an option.
This point is now well-substantiated in principle, but I've not seen any
research that quantifies "many". Is it a large enough number to
invalidate response statistics? Anyone have any detailed info on this?
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