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laurencescou

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Discuss the intrinsic issues related to the construction of useful, appropriate verbal rating scales.

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When a research study has been poorly designed, it suffers from ______ error.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word



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Answer to Question 1

The issues are:
1 . the overall number of categories
2 . an odd or even number of categories
3 . a balanced versus an unbalanced scale
4 . the extent of verbal description
5 . category numbering
6 . a forced versus a nonforced scale
7 . a comparative versus a noncomparative scale
8 . a symmetric versus an asymmetric scale
9 . scale direction
10 . choice of endpoints

Answer to Question 2

systematic



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