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| − | '''Bogardus Social Distance [[Scale]]''' was created by [[Emory S. Bogardus]] to empirically [[measurement|measure]] people's willingness to participate in social contacts of varying degrees of closeness with other kinds of people, such as various [[race|racial]] and [[ethnic groups|ethnic groups]], as well as [[sex offender]]s, and [[homosexual]]s. |
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| − | The scale asks people whether they would be willing to accept each group |
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| − | *As close relatives by marriage (1.00) |
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| − | *As my close personal friends (2.00) |
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| − | *As neighbors on the same street (3.00) |
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| − | *As co-workers in the same occupation (4.00) |
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| − | *As citizens in my country (5.00) |
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| − | *As only visitors in my country (6.00) |
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| − | *Would exclude from my country (7.00) |
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| − | A score of 1.00 for a group in dicates no social distance and therefore no prejudice. |
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| − | Reseach shows that the extent of prejudice is deceasing slightly and fewer distinctions are being made among groups. |
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| − | The Bogardus Social Distance Scale is a cumulative scale (a [[Guttman scale]]), because agreement with any item implies agreement with all preceding items. |
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| − | == See also == |
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| − | * [[Guttman scale]] |
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| − | * [[Likert scale]] |
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| − | * [[Thurstone scale]] |
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| − | *[[Diamond of opposites]] |
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| − | ==References== |
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| − | * [[Earl Babbie|Babbie, E.]], 'The Practice of Social Research', 10th edition, Wadsworth, Thomson Learning Inc., ISBN 0534620299 |
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