Which one of the following is a recommended approach for a researcher who is working with variables with disparate measurement scales?
A) Collapse the categories to an ordinal response scale
B) Remove the variables that do not have common response scales
C) Select a different statistical procedure
D) Standardize the variables

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More so than not, variables with unlike response scales and/or with different measurement scales are of interest as clustering variables. In these situations, standardization may be the solution.

Which One of the Following Is a Recommended Approach for a Researcher