What type of scale is the following?
Divide 50 points among the following characteristics in terms of their importance to you in your decision to purchase of a laptop computer.
_______ Price
_______ Memory
_______ Size of the monitor
_______ Brand name
_______ Keyboard
A)Forced choice scale
B)Itemized rating scale
C)Constant sum scale
D)Rank-order scale
E)Nonbalanced scale

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This is a constant sum scale because the respondent must allocate a fixed number of points (50) among the various characteristics based on their importance. This allows for a relative comparison of the importance of each characteristic to the respondent.

What Type of Scale Is the Following