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jwb375

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on: Jun 19, 2018
A ranking scale is one that requires participants to rank _____.
 
  a. their preferences for the choices provided by the experimenter
  b. the frequencies of certain observations
  c. their emotional reactions to the experimental task in order of occurrence
  d. the overall quality of the experiment in which they are currently participating

Question 2

When participants are asked to rank choices according to how much they approve or disapprove of them, they are responding to a dependent variable that uses a _____ scale of measurement.
 
  a. nominal c. ordinal
  b. ratio d. interval


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Cnarkel

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A
This is the definition of a ranking scale.

Answer to Question 2

C
Ranking is a feature of ordinal scales, when that is all we know about the responses.


jwb375

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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