In Assessing Items for a Likert Scale, a Discriminatory Power

question 41

Multiple Choice

In assessing items for a Likert scale, a discriminatory power score would be calculated on:

• A)the whole preliminary Likert scale.
• B)every item of the preliminary Likert scale.
• C)only on those items that are used in the final Likert scale.
• D)those items that are being moved from a Thurstone to a Likert scale.

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Definitions:

Supervision and Subordination

The management process involving overseeing employees' work and guiding their performance, while those employees are in roles of lesser authority.

Centralization

The degree to which decision-making authority is concentrated at higher levels within an organization.

Decentralization

The process of distributing or dispersing functions, powers, people, or things away from a central location or authority.

Decision Making and Control

Processes involved in selecting among various options and implementing the selected course of action, ensuring objectives are achieved efficiently.