unfolding

n. a unidimensional scaling procedure in which respondents evaluate a set of items and their choices are used to construct a continuum along which their relative preferences are placed. For example, consider a scale measuring attitudes toward marijuana sales. A person who wholeheartedly favors the item “The city should legalize the sale of marijuana” would be located at a different point along the continuum from a person who completely opposes the sale of marijuana, and a person who endorses the item to some extent would be located at yet another point along the continuum.

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Psychology term of the day

May 9th 2024

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