However, the country is politically a part of North America. Jamaica is an island nation in the Caribbean, and is therefore not physically a part of any continent. However, the country is politically a part of North America.
Ipsative (/ËÉªpsÉtÉªv/ ; Latin: ipse, of the self) is a descriptor used in psychology to indicate a specific type of measure in which respondents compare two or more desirable options and pick the one that is most preferred (sometimes called a forced choice scale).
Sometimes a 4-point (or other even-numbered) scale is used to produce an ipsative (forced choice) measure where no indifferent option is available. Each level on the scale is assigned a numeric value or coding, usually starting at 1 and incremented by one for each level. For example: