In assessing items for a Likert scale, a discriminatory power score would be calculated on:
a. the whole preliminary Likert scale.
b. every item of the preliminary Likert scale.
c. only on those items that are used in the final Likert scale.
d. those items that are being moved from a Thurstone to a Likert scale.
B
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