A Thurstone scale was constructed to measure creativity. The scale scores ranged from 1 to 13. If the scale was properly constructed we could conclude that:
A)a person with a score of 6 was three times as creative as a person with a score of 2.
B)a person with a score of 6 was more creative than a person with a score of 5.
C)a person with a score of 5 was half as creative as someone with a score of 10.
D)you cannot make any conclusions with a Thurstone scale.
E)a person with a score of 6 was half as creative as someone with a score of 10.

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Thurstone scales are designed to measure attitudes or feelings on a continuum and allow for distinctions between options, but they do not support the interpretation of ratios or exact multiples between scores. Therefore, we can conclude that a person with a higher score is more creative than someone with a lower score, but we cannot accurately say they are a specific multiple more creative.

A Thurstone Scale Was Constructed to Measure Creativity