Guttman scales
A) are typically used with nominal categories.
B) typically are constructed so that agreement with one statement may predict agreement with another statement.
C) typically are constructed so that agreement with one statement should not be correlated with agreement with any other statement.
D) were originally developed by a Peace Corps task force.

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Guttman scales are constructed so that agreement with one statement predicts agreement with another statement. This is known as unidimensionality, where items within the scale are strongly correlated with each other and can be seen as measuring the same underlying construct.

Guttman Scales