Joy plans to vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming president…

Joy plans to vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election. She is believes that many people dislike Trump, so when a pollster from Pew Research Center contacts her to ask who she plans to vote for, she lies and says she’s undecided. This is an example of the “shy Trumper effect,” which is most similar to…

For her honors thesis, Theodora plans to measure people’s op…

For her honors thesis, Theodora plans to measure people’s opinions about whether men or women are better in math or science. All of her items use a Likert-type response scale. An example is shown below:   Who is better in math? Women are much better Women are somewhat better Men and women are the same Men are somewhat better Men are much better 1 2 3 4 5   After looking at the items, Theodora’s advisor recommends that she change the response scale so that it contains an even number of responses. What is the most likely reason for this recommendation?