SOC 210 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bogardus Social Distance Scale, Simple Random Sample, Nonprobability Sampling
4 Dec 2017
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Ex: counting the number of prejudiced statements each respondent agreed with. Scale: assigning scores to patterns of responses, recognizing some items reflect a relatively weak degree of variable whereas others reflect stronger. Ex: women are different from men weak for sexism compared to women should not be allowed to vote . Similarities: both scales and indexes are ordinal measures of variables, both scales and indexes are composite measures of variables measurements based on more than one data item. Example: would you marry, would have as regular friends: thurstone scales a type of composite measure constructed in accord with the weights assigned by judges to various indicators of some variables. Example: unfavorable or favorable: likert scaling a type of composite measure, designed to improve the levels of measurement in social research through the use of standardized response categories to determine the relative intensity of different items.
