SOLUTION: On a survey of how students spend their time, one question asks, "which of the following best describes your employment status?" the response options provided are 1)not employed,

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Question 246305: On a survey of how students spend their time, one question asks, "which of the following best describes your employment status?" the response options provided are 1)not employed, 2) employed part-time 3) employed full-time 4) full-time student, and 5) other.
In the example, which of the following characteristics of coding rules did the researcher fail to address adequately?
A. appropriate categories
B. exhaustive options
C. mutual exclusivity
D. single dimenstion
E. closed-ended
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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C. mutual exclusivity
Two events are mutually exclusive if they cannot occur at the same time (i.e., they have no outcomes in common)
A full time student can be employed part time
A full time student can be not employed.
A full time student can be employed full time.