Professor Su Mae Lee created a measure student efficacy. He identified many subjective dimensions and labeled each with polar extremes. The extremes referred to general evaluative adverbs and adjectives. Subjects marked answers on one of nine spaces between the two extremes. Dr. Lee used a
A) Bogardus social distance scale.
B) semantic differential.
C) Thurstone scale.
D) Guttman scale.

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Dr. Lee used a semantic differential, which is a type of scale used to measure the meaning of objects, concepts, and events. The scale involves asking participants to rate a concept on a series of bipolar adjectives (the polar extremes mentioned), with several degrees of judgment available between the two extremes.

Professor Su Mae Lee Created a Measure Student Efficacy