Give an example of a social measurement scale and its use
What will be an ideal response?
Likert measures opinions or ratings at the ordinal level. Bogardus social distance scale measures the amount of social distance separating groups. Semantic differential captures connotations that people associate with a rating. Guttman scaling evaluates the
data after a researcher collects them.
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Attempts at civil rights legislation in the early 1960s were stymied by each of the following EXCEPT
A. the Senate Judiciary Committee. B. Kennedy's reluctance to submit strong civil rights bills to Congress. C. a coalition of Southern Democrats and conservative Republicans. D. a lack of support from Kennedy's vice president. E. the chairman of the House Rules Committee.
The term gerrymander refers to which of the following?
a. the exclusion of reelection as a consideration in congressional redistricting b. establishing randomly drawn districts to ensure that no party has an unfair advantage c. the electoral strategy used by Gerald “Gerry” Ford d. the manipulation of the shape of a legislative district to benefit a certain incumbent or party