If a Guttman Scale Contains Six Items, We Can Conclude

question 65

Multiple Choice

If a Guttman scale contains six items, we can conclude that

• A) there are seven perfect response patterns possible.
• B) the percentage of nonscale patterns will be lower than in a scale containing fewer items.
• C) the percentage of nonscale patterns will be lower than in a scale containing more items.
• D) the researcher probably discarded one or two items in the process of selecting scalable items.

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