Research Article

Quest_SA: Preprocessing Method for Closed-Ended Questionnaires Using Sentiment Analysis through Polarity

Table 3

Questionnaire details.

QuestionnaireNo. of questionsScaleScore calculationsResultResult with polarity

Emotional intelligence connects a person’s knowledge process to their emotional processes151 = Not at allSum all scale values for each item<34 = Low
35–55 = Average
>56 = High
–ve Score = low
2 = Rarely0 = Average
3 = Sometimes
+ve Score = high
4 = Often
5 = Very often

Eysenck personality measures the personality domain481 = YesSum all scale values of psychoticism (PM), extroversion (En), and neuroticism (Nm)The biggest value of psychoticism, extroversion, and neuroticism (Pm, En, and Nm)The positive value of psychoticism, extroversion, and neuroticism (Pm, En, and Nm)
0 = No

Self-determination scale assesses individual differences in the extent to which people tend to function in a self-determined way101Sum all result scale values and divide by 10<3 = Low
>3 = High
+ve = high
2
–ve = Low
3
4
5

General self-efficacy is a self-report measure of self-efficiency101 = Very slightly or not at allSum all result scale values<20 = Low
>20 = High
–ve Score = low
+ve Score = high
2 = A little
3 = Moderately
4 = Quite a bit
5 = Extremely

Rosenberg’s self-esteem measures global self-worth104 = Strongly agreeSum all result scale values<14 = Low
15–25 = Normal
>26 = High
–ve Score = low
3 = Agree
2 = Disagree
0 = Normal
1 = Strongly disagree
+ve Score = high

Positive and negative affect schedule is a self-reported measure of affect201 = Very slightly or not at allSum all positive (PS) and negative (NS) affect scale valuesPS > NS = positivePS = +ve score positive
2 = A littleNS > PS = negative
3 = ModeratelyNS = +ve score negative
PS = NS = false
4 = Quite a bit
5 = Extremely

Oxford happiness is used to predict the happiness score of the person291 = Strongly disagreeSum all scale values and divide by the total number of questions1–2: Not happy–ve Score = happy
2 = Moderately disagree2–3: Somewhat unhappy
3 = Slightly disagree3–4: Not particularly happy or unhappy0 = Moderately happy
4 = Slightly agree4: Somewhat happy+ve Score = unhappy
5 = Moderately agree4–5: Happy
6 = Strongly agree5–6: Very happy
6: Too happy