Gunnar developed a scale to measure attitudes toward feminism. He discovered a pattern of responses among his items such that if he knew the scale score (the number of items someone agreed with), he could accurately predict which items that person agreed with. Which scale type did he use?

a. Thurstone scaling
b. Likert scaling
c. semantic differential
d. Guttman scaling
e. Bogardus social distance scale


D

Sociology

You might also like to view...

Julie pays a portion of her paycheck into Social Security each week. Once she is 65, she will have access to the money that she has contributed. This reflects __________

A) welfare B) social insurance C) workfare D) Medicare

Sociology

Among the top 10 countries that spend the most on their militaries, which country spends the least (per capita)?

A) the United States B) Israel C) India D) Tanzania

Sociology

Ethnomethodologists strive to penetrate the everyday reality that people take for granted

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

Lark views the current state of the women’s “right to choose” movement as a vivid example of dominance of men over women. What theoretical perspective on gender is Lark aligning herself with?

A. Conflict theory B. Symbolic interactionism C. Functionalism D. Queer theory

Sociology