What Should Be Done If Two Items in a Scale

question 19

Multiple Choice

What should be done if two items in a scale correlate nearly perfectly with one another

• A)Keep them both because this shows they are unidimensional.
• B)Drop one of them from the scale because they are redundant.
• C)Combine the two questions into one so that no information is lost.
• D)Drop them both because this shows they have insufficient range and variability.

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