Multiple choice

Which of these terms is applied to the procedures for attempting to determine quantitative measures of subjective abstract concepts?

  1. Quantization

  2. Characterization

  3. Scaling

  4. Biasing

  5. Subjectivity
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Explanation

Scaling describes the procedures of assigning numbers to various degrees of opinion, attitude and other concepts. This can be done in two ways viz., (i) making a judgment about some characteristic of an individual and then placing him directly on a scale that has been defined in terms of that characteristic and (ii) constructing questionnaires in such a way that the score of individual’s response assigns him a place on a scale. Hence, the term ‘scaling’ is applied to the procedures for attempting to determine quantitative measures of subjective abstract concepts.

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