You Plan to Develop a Survey and Would Like to Compute

question 49

Multiple Choice

You plan to develop a survey and would like to compute a single score to represent the construct you are measuring. Which type of items should you use?

• A) open-ended
• B) forced alternative
• C) multiple choice
• D) Likert scales

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Definitions:

John Watson

An American psychologist considered one of the founders of behaviorism; he emphasized the study of observable behavior over the study of the mind.

Leo Kanner

An Austrian-American psychiatrist known for his work in child psychiatry, notably for being the first to describe autism as a distinct neurodevelopmental disorder in 1943.

Anna Freud

A pioneering child psychoanalyst and the daughter of Sigmund Freud, known for her theoretical and clinical contributions to the field of psychoanalysis.

Internalizing Problem

Psychological issues that are manifested inwardly, such as anxiety, depression, and withdrawal, as opposed to externalizing problems that involve outward behaviors towards others.