Using Likert-Type Scale Items, Professor Wong Developed an Index to Assess

question 15

Multiple Choice

Using Likert-type scale items, Professor Wong developed an index to assess job morale. Wong administered the index to 2,000 workers and found that 1 to 4 responses were missing on each of the items. Which of the following should Wong NOT do to correct this situation?

• A)Exclude the cases that contained the missing data from the analysis.
• B)Assign the middle value to cases with missing data.
• C)Analyze the cases that had missing data to interpret their meaning.
• D)Assign values at random.
• E)Readminister the study.

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Definitions:

Commodity Chain

The network of production and labor processes by which a product becomes a finished commodity. By following the commodity chain, it is evident which countries gain profits and which ones are being exploited.

Division of Labor

The allocation of different tasks to different people or groups in a society, contributing to economic efficiency and specialization.

Core Nations

Countries that dominate global trade and economics, often through technological advancement and wealth.

Peripheral Countries

Nations that are less developed than the semi-peripheral and core countries, often characterized by low levels of industrialization, and significant economic dependence on core countries.