Dr Omiata Is Working on Creating a Survey Designed to Measure

question 56

Essay

Dr. Omiata is working on creating a survey designed to measure people's attitudes toward marijuana use. For each statement, the person is asked to rate their agreement on a 5-point scale. A selection of his statements is below.

A.I think that people who illegally ruin their lives by smoking pot are all alike.
B.I think that marijuana should be legal in all 50 states and that people should have easy access to it.
C.Marijuana consumption should never not be controlled.
D.People who smoke marijuana are breaking the law.
For each of Dr. Omiata's statements, state whether it is well worded. If it is not, indicate what the problem is and how it could be fixed.

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Definitions:

Quarter

A period of three months used in financial and business sectors for reporting, forecasting, and dividing the fiscal year.

Tails

The extreme ends of a distribution, representing outcomes that are far from the central peak of the distribution.

Flipping

Flipping typically refers to buying assets, such as real estate or stocks, and quickly selling them for a profit.

Dependent

Being influenced by another variable, in statistics, refers to the variable whose value is predicted in a regression analysis.