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● the researcher may decide that most of the items

are relevant except for a few items that should be

rephrased. This means that the content of the

translated version of the questionnaire will be

slightly different from its original version (Jalaludin

et. al., 2013).

Nevertheless, it is o en strongly recommended for a

researcher to always try as much as possible to retain the

original version of the questionnaire because by doing so,

the researcher will be able to retain the original scoring

method (if available) so that the responses elicited by the

original questionnaire are made directly comparable with

those of other studies which have used the same

questionnaire, albeit in a different language (since the

scoring method found in the original questionnaire will

have already been standardized and validated). For