Question 1

Professor Thames tried to use a Guttman scale on his data set that he had seen published in a major journal. Thames was upset because the items did not form a Guttman scale on his data. Confused, he asked for your help. You should tell him that:

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A)  the article that appeared in the journal was probably an error.
B)  he should recheck his scaling techniques because he probably made an error.
C)  items may form a Guttman scale in one sample but not in another.
D)  it was probably not a very good scale.
E)  a Guttman scale can only be used in a univariate analysis.

Question 2

An index is constructed by assigning scores to patterns of responses.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

For an index or scale to be considered unidimensional, its component items should be indicators of only one dimension of a concept.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Indexes must be made up of:

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A)  nominal variables.
B)  ordinal variables.
C)  interval variables.
D)  ratio variables.
E)  any type of variables.

Question 5

Thurstone scales use judges in their construction.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Testing the validity of a composite measure by using another, proven indicator is known as:

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A)  external validation.
B)  internal validation.
C)  index scoring.
D)  Thurstone scaling.
E)  face validation.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is NOT applicable to typologies?

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A)  They are typically nominal composite measures.
B)  They involve a set of categories or types.
C)  They may be used effectively as independent or dependent variables.
D)  They are often used when researchers wish to summarize the intersection of two or more variables.
E)  They are abstractions that are used to examine reality.

Question 8

Which of the following is true about indexes and scales?

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A)  They are interval measures.
B)  Their attributes form an intensity structure.
C)  They rank-order the units of analysis in terms of specific variables.
D)  They are ordinal measures of variables.
E)  They are nominal measures of variables.

Question 9

Typologies are typically nominal composite measures.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Likert scales are designed to be _____ in measurement.

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A)  nominal
B)  interval
C)  ordinal
D)  ratio
E)  both ordinal and ratio

Question 11

If two items are perfectly correlated, both should be included in an index.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A friend of yours is trying to develop an index to reproduce respondents' patterns of responses. You tell your friend:

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A)  to construct a Guttman scale.
B)  to construct a Likert scale.
C)  to construct a Thurstone scale.
D)  to construct any one of the above.
E)  it cannot be done.

Question 13

Which of the following statements is FALSE while determining the relative strengths of the items of bivariate relationships?

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A)  Be wary of including items in a composite measure that are not related to one another empirically.
B)  One should probably drop any item that is not related to several other items in the composite measure.
C)  Variable very strong relationship between two items presents a problem.
D)  One must check the bivariate correlations between all items that one plans to include in the composite measure.
E)  You should strive for perfectly correlated (1.0) indicators within a composite measure.

Question 14

What differentiates typologies from scales and indexes? Provide at least two examples of appropriate uses of typologies.

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Question 15

The following items measure the extent to which Americans are willing to associate with extraterrestrials. It's OK if my child marries an extraterrestrial. It's OK to have an extraterrestrial for a friend. It's OK to have an extraterrestrial living on the block. It's OK to have an extraterrestrial living in my state. These items illustrate a: ​

Accepted Answer

A)  Guttman scale
B)  Bogardus social distance scale
C)  Thurstone scale
D)  Likert scale
E)  Semantic differential scale

Question 16

A(n) _____ summarizes the intersection of two or more variables.

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A)  Guttman scale
B)  Likert scale
C)  semantic differential scale
D)  index
E)  typology

Question 17

According to Babbie, as a general guideline, the coefficient of reproducibility for a Guttman scale should be:

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A)  100 percent
B)  90 or 95 percent
C)  80 or 85 percent
D)  70 percent
E)  It doesn't matter

Question 18

Jenny finds that she has data missing on 10-35 cases (out of 2,000 cases)for each variable that she intends to use in her composite measure. What are her options in dealing with the missing data?

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An index is constructed by assigning scores to patterns of responses.

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A friend of yours is trying to develop an index to reproduce respondents' patterns of responses. You tell your friend:

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Testing the validity of a composite measure by using another, proven indicator is known as:

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If two items are perfectly correlated, both should be included in an index.

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According to Babbie, as a general guideline, the coefficient of reproducibility for a Guttman scale should be:

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Which of the following statements is FALSE while determining the relative strengths of the items of bivariate relationships?

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A(n) _____ summarizes the intersection of two or more variables.

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Testing the validity of a composite measure by using another, proven indicator is known as:

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If two items are perfectly correlated, both should be included in an index.

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According to Babbie, as a general guideline, the coefficient of reproducibility for a Guttman scale should be:

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Which of the following statements is FALSE while determining the relative strengths of the items of bivariate relationships?

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