The following items and scoring scheme were taken from the Minnesota Survey of Opinions. The four items were part of a series of items designed to assess attitudes toward education. In the index SA=strongly agree, A=agree, U=undecided, D=disagree, and SD=strongly disagree 1 . A MAN CAN LEARN MORE BY WORKING FOUR YEARS THAN BY GOING TO SCHOOL. SA(5) A(4) U(3) D(2) SD(1) 2 . THE MORE EDUCATION A
MAN HAS, THE BETTER HE IS ABLE TO ENJOY LIFE. SA(1) A(2) U(3) D(4) SD(5) 3 . EDUCATION HELPS A PERSON TO USE HIS LEISURE TIME TO BETTER ADVANTAGE. SA(1) A(2) U(3) D(4) SD(5) 4 . EDUCATION IS OF NO HELP IN GETTING A JOB TODAY. SA(5) A(4) U(3) D(2) SD(1) These items illustrate a ____ question format:
a. Likert scale
b. Thurstone scale
c. Guttman scale
d. semantic differential scale
e. Bogardus social distance scale
A
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