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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note : Techniques employed in measuring attitudes.

  • UPSC 1986
  • Research Methods and Analysis

Measuring an attitude is not just a matter of choosing a scale type — it requires a defensible procedure for writing, sorting, testing, and validating the statements that eventually make up the instrument.

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  • Constructing the Thurstone Scale: The Judge-Panel Procedure
  • Constructing the Likert Scale: Item Analysis
  • Constructing the Guttman Scale: The Reproducibility Coefficient
  • Administering the Semantic Differential
  • Non-Scale and Indirect Techniques

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