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ERIC Number: EJ383462
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Extremism in Response to Questionnaires and Its Relationship to Ability.
Hazelwood, Richard D.
Educational Research, v31 n1 p46-51 Feb 1989
Nearly 4,000 fourth-year students from 23 schools in northern England were given 24 Likert response items in a questionnaire. Results indicated that those in the lowest-ability group consistently chose more extreme responses than those in the highest-ability group. (JOW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Foreign Countries, Likert Scales, Questionnaires, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England