Likert scale
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A Likert scale is a common survey tool that measures respondents’ levels of agreement, frequency, or satisfaction across a range of ordered response options.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
psychometric scale
ⓘ
rating scale ⓘ survey instrument ⓘ |
| advantage |
easy for respondents to understand
ⓘ
simple to administer and score ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
capture intensity of attitude
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standardize responses across participants ⓘ |
| analyzedUsing |
descriptive statistics
ⓘ
factor analysis ⓘ reliability analysis ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Likert item
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acquiescence bias ⓘ central tendency bias ⓘ response bias ⓘ |
| assumes | ordered categories ⓘ |
| canHaveNumberOfPoints |
10
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4 ⓘ 6 ⓘ |
| commonResponseFormat |
never to always
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strongly disagree to strongly agree ⓘ very dissatisfied to very satisfied ⓘ |
| componentOf | Likert-type questionnaire items ⓘ |
| developedBy | Rensis Likert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedIn | 1930s ⓘ |
| field |
psychometrics
ⓘ
statistics ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ordered response categories
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ordinal measurement level ⓘ symmetrical response options around a neutral point ⓘ verbal anchors for each response option ⓘ |
| limitation |
assumes equal intervals between response options
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susceptible to social desirability bias ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Rensis Likert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oftenTreatedAs | interval scale in practice ⓘ |
| requires | multiple items to form a composite score ⓘ |
| typicalNumberOfPoints |
5
ⓘ
7 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
measuring agreement
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measuring attitudes ⓘ measuring frequency of behaviors ⓘ measuring opinions ⓘ measuring perceptions ⓘ measuring satisfaction ⓘ |
| usedIn |
educational research
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health research ⓘ market research ⓘ questionnaire design ⓘ social science research ⓘ survey research ⓘ |
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