“yes” = 1, “no” = 2)? Are some questions positively worded and other negatively phrased? Sometimes question wording is reversed to ensure that people are paying attention to the question. Do all of the variables identically code the responses (e.g. First, examine the questions that you intend to use to create your scale. You can easily construct a scale about general opinions on abortion using SPSS. There may be times when you wish to combine several variables that focus upon a related topic into a scale.įor example, the 2008 General Social asks specific “yes/no” variables regarding opinions on abortion under the following circumstances: defect of the baby (Abdefect), health of the mother (Abhealth), rape (Abrape), when a married woman wants no more children (abnomore), and because a woman is single (Absingle).
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