Chapter 6 Quiz Question

The textbook went over indexes and scales, in Chapter 6. What is the BEST answer for type of measurement technique used in this study?

A team of sociologists create a set of questions:
1. Are you willing to allow a homosexual couple to live in your country?
2. Are you willing to allow a homosexual couple to live in your community?
3. Are you willing to allow a homosexual couple to live in your neighborhood?
4. Are you willing to allow a homosexual couple to live next door?
5. Are you willing to allow a homosexual to marry your child?

This is a...
a. Bogardus Social Distance Scale
b. Thurstone Scale
c. Index
d. scale
e. both b and d















a. Bogardus Social Distance Scale – is the correct answer. This technique is used to determine the willingness of people to participate in social relations, of varying degrees of closeness, with other kinds of people.
b. Thurstone Scale, is not the correct answer. Thurston Scale uses 10-15 judges, for the ruling of intensities of different indicators. Since judges were not mentioned, this cannot be the best answer.
c. Index - An index is a basic accumulation of scores assigned to the individual attributes. The answer is incorrect because the example is specific and is trying to distinguish the varying degrees of the variables.
d. scale - is incorrect because it is too vague. It is a scale, but the specific type of scale should be included for the BEST answer. A scale is where an individual must assign scores to patterns of responses, recognizing that some reflect weak degrees of the variable and others reflect a stronger degree.
e. both b and d, is incorrect because it is not a Thurstone Scale (see reason in "b")