Institutions may confer advantages on some interests over others.

A scale that typically measures opinions or ratings at the ordinal level is probably

A) a Likert scale. B) a social distance scale. C) a semantic differential. D) central tendency.

A grocery chain set up tasting booths on two weekends to test shoppers’ reaction to a new food item. Respondents were not chosen by formal randomization procedures, but participated based upon being passers-by near the tasting booths. This is an example of:

A. Arbitrary selection B. Unsystematic selection C. Haphazard randomization D. None of the above