What Do Likert's Method of Summated Ratings, Guttman's Scale and Thurstone's

question 65

Multiple Choice

What do Likert's method of summated ratings, Guttman's scale and Thurstone's method of equal-appearing intervals have in common?

• A) They all have a neutral point that participants may choose
• B) All three methods were recognised in the 1920s
• C) The assumption that attitudes can be measured quantitatively
• D) Their ease of construction makes them easily adaptable

Comprehend the hypothesis testing framework in the context of ANOVA.

Understand the calculation of degrees of freedom in various ANOVA designs.

Understand the partitioning of variance in ANOVA models.

Recognize the assumptions underlying ANOVA models.

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