Professor Thames Tried to Use a Guttman Scale on His

question 11

Multiple Choice

Professor Thames tried to use a Guttman scale on his data set that he had seen published in a major journal.Thames was upset because the items did not form a Guttman scale on his data.Confused,he asked for your help.You should tell him that:

• A)the article that appeared in the journal was probably an error.
• B)he should recheck his scaling techniques because he probably made an error.
• C)items may form a Guttman scale in one sample but not in another.
• D)it was probably not a very good scale.
• E)none of these choices.

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