“…While the purpose of this study is broader in scope than item order studies in Hu and Bentler, 1999 the literature, it may be stated that it showed similarity regarding descriptive statistics being influenced by item order. Many studies, as with this study, have shown that mean scores obtained with equivalent groups being presented with different item orders in their self-reports differentiate (Schuman and Presser, 1996;Lasorsa, 2003;Kaplan et al, 2013;Saeki et al, 2013;Cornell, 2015, 2016;Shorey et al, 2016). In their study with a similar scope to the current study, Weinberg et al (2018) separately conducted EFA and CFA on the data they obtained from forms they presented in different manners to two groups.…”