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soccerdreamer_17

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The response categories on a nominal scale of measurement must be _____ so that the researcher or coders can easily decide which category a given response fits into.
 
  a. quantitative c. mutually exclusive
  b. ipsative d. none of these

Question 2

The simplest type of nominal scale is one in which there are just two categories of responses, and is called a _____.
 
  a. biserial c. sequence
  b. dichotomy d. two-choicer


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dominiqueenicolee

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

C
Nominal scale data are qualitative, not quantitative. Ordinal data, not nominal data, are ipsative. The term mutually exclusive means that responses cannot fit into more than one category.

Answer to Question 2

B
Any dichotomy has two parts.


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