Give an example of a social measurement scale and its use

What will be an ideal response?


Likert measures opinions or ratings at the ordinal level. Bogardus social distance scale measures the amount of social distance separating groups. Semantic differential captures connotations that people associate with a rating. Guttman scaling evaluates the
data after a researcher collects them.

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The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 attempted to give Congress more control over government expenditures by ________

a. enabling Congress to propose an alternative budget to the president's budget b. establishing the Ways and Means Committee in the House c. revoking the president's right to submit a budget to Congress d. establishing a new cabinet post to coordinate the budget e. establishing the Appropriations Committee process

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When it comes to strengthening the economy, Republicans are more likely than Democrats to prioritize __________

a. fighting inflation b. fighting unemployment c. increasing taxes d. increasing spending

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Payments to unemployed workers is administered by the

a. Texas Department of Jobs and Industry. b. Texas Workforce Commission. c. Texas Commission on Unemployment. d. Texas Workfare Office. e. Texas Rehabilitation Commission.

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From the defeat of the Nationalists until both of their deaths in 1976, China was ruled by Party Chairman __________ and Premier __________

a. Joseph Stalin; Vladimir Lenin b. Mao Zedong; Zhou Enlai c. Deng Xiaoping; Li Peng d. Jiang Zemin; Zhu Rongji

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