A Major Disadvantage of Constant Sum Scaling Is That It

question 84

Multiple Choice

A major disadvantage of constant sum scaling is that it ________.

• A)is limited to large discriminations among alternatives
• B)takes too much time to collect
• C)has no absolute zero point
• D)cannot be considered an ordinal scale
• E)cannot prevent respondents from allocating more or fewer units than those specified

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test. It is used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Acceptance Region

In hypothesis testing, this is the range of values for which the null hypothesis is not rejected.

Not Statistically Significant

A term indicating that the observed difference or relationship in data could have occurred by chance and does not provide strong evidence against the null hypothesis.

Test Statistic

A numerical value derived from sample data that measures the degree of conformity with a null hypothesis in statistical hypothesis testing.