Using Likert-type scale items,Professor Wong developed an index to assess job morale.Wong administered the index to 2,000 workers and found that 1 to 4 responses were missing on each of the items.Wong could:
A)Exclude the cases that contained the missing data from the analysis.
B)Assign the middle value to cases with missing data.
C)Analyze the cases that had missing data to interpret their meaning.
D)Assign values at random.
E)All of these choices.

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Each of the options provided (A, B, C, D) are potential strategies for handling missing data in research. Excluding cases with missing data (A) is a common but sometimes criticized approach due to potential bias. Assigning the middle value (B) or imputing missing data based on certain assumptions can help maintain sample size and reduce bias. Analyzing cases with missing data (C) can provide insights into the nature of the missingness. Assigning values at random (D) is less common and generally not recommended, but it is a possible strategy in certain contexts.

Using Likert-Type Scale Items,Professor Wong Developed an Index to Assess