1) You are reading the results of a recent research report that examined a community’s attitude toward the local police department. The researchers used a survey to obtain information from the community’s residents on their attitudes toward the local police department. One of the questions on the survey was: Please indicate whether you Strongly Agree, Agree, Are Neutral, Disagree, or Strongly Disagree with the following statement. Police officers in my community are always friendly. 1. Strongly agree 2. Agree 3. Neutral 4. Disagree 5. Strongly Disagree The question in the above scenario meets which of the following measurement criteria: a) strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree would be considered the attributes of this variable b) strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree are not mutually exclusive because they do not classify every observation in terms of one and only one attribute c) the attributes of the variable are the values 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 d) all of the above 2) The unit of analysis for the above study would be a. the community b. the police department c. the respondents to the survey d. police officers
1) You are reading the results of a recent research report that examined a community’s attitude toward the local police department. The researchers used a survey to obtain information from the community’s residents on their attitudes toward the local police department. One of the questions on the survey was:
Please indicate whether you Strongly Agree, Agree, Are Neutral, Disagree, or Strongly Disagree with the following statement. Police officers in my community are always friendly.
1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. Neutral
4. Disagree
5. Strongly Disagree
The question in the above scenario meets which of the following measurement criteria:
a) strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree would be considered the attributes of this variable
b) strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree are not mutually exclusive because they do not classify every observation in terms of one and only one attribute
c) the attributes of the variable are the values 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
d) all of the above
2) The unit of analysis for the above study would be
a. the community
b. the police department
c. the respondents to the survey d. police officers
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