True/False

37. Scaling is the process of assigning numbers or labels to those phenomena or characteristics. It can be individuals, objects, or events.

A) True

B) False

38. In interval scales, numbers are assigned to objects or sets of objects for the purpose of identification and classification.

A) True

B) False

39. Many demographic questions, such as gender, education, and ethnicity are examples of nominal scales.

A) True

B) False

40. Mutually exclusive means that all possible responses are included in the answer categories

A) True

B) False

41. According to the text, Mutually exclusive means that there is no overlap between classes and every object being measured falls into only one class.

A) True

B) False

42. With nominal scales numbers are assigned for the purpose of identification, but also have the property of being arranged in some type of array or order

A) True

B) False

43. nominal scales include those which allow the respondent to rank items on the basis of some factor, such as preference.

A) True

B)  False

44. Ordinal scales permit the computation of the mean and standard deviation.

A) True

B) False

45. The mode is used to estimate the average when the data have been collected using a likert scale.

A) True

B) False

46.  Scores assigned to continuous rating scales by the researcher are typically treated as interval data.

A) True

B) False