A Disadvantage of the _____ Scale Is That the Researcher

question 12

Multiple Choice

A disadvantage of the _____ scale is that the researcher does not know the location of each item on a like-dislike continuum. An item may be ranked first, but it may or may not be closely related to the items ranked second, third, and so forth.

• A) comparative rating
• B) Likert
• C) rank-order
• D) semantic differential

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Definitions:

Imaginative Orientalism

A critique of how the East is romantically and often inaccurately depicted through a Western lens, perpetuating stereotypes and misunderstandings.

Gramsci

Refers to the work and thoughts of Antonio Gramsci, an Italian Marxist theorist and politician, known for his theories on cultural hegemony as a means of maintaining the state in a capitalist society.

Proletariat

The class of wage-earners in a capitalist society who, having no capital, sell their labor to live.

Bourgeoisie

The class that, in Marxist contexts, owns the means of production in a capitalist society, often opposed to the proletariat class.