Maria is constructing an index from a range of four responses to a question about job satisfaction. She asks your advice about how to weight the responses toward a score on job satisfaction. Which of the following would be the best advice?
A)Maria should weight the answers with the most responses the most heavily.
B)Maria should weight the extreme cases higher than those in the middle.
C)Maria should weight the cases in the middle higher than those on the extremes.
D)Maria should weight each answer equally unless there's a compelling reason not to.
E)There is no general rule of thumb to give Maria.

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Unless there is a compelling reason to weight certain responses differently, it is best to weight each answer equally to avoid bias in the index. By weighting each answer equally, Maria can ensure that each response is given equal consideration and the index accurately reflects job satisfaction.

Maria Is Constructing an Index from a Range of Four