Definition:<\/p>\n
A psychometric response scale primarily used in questionnaires to obtain participant\u2019s
\npreferences or degree of agreement with a statement or set of statements. Likert scales are a
\nnon\u2010comparative scaling technique and are unidimensional (only measure a single trait) in
\nnature. Respondents are asked to indicate their level of agreement with a given statement by
\nway of an ordinal scale.<\/p>\n
Variations:<\/p>\n
Most commonly seen as a 5\u2010point scale ranging from \u201cStrongly Disagree\u201d on one end to
\n\u201cStrongly Agree\u201d on the other with \u201cNeither Agree nor Disagree\u201d in the middle; however, some
\npractitioners advocate the use of 7 and 9\u2010point scales which add additional granularity.
\nSometimes a 4\u2010point (or other even\u2010numbered) scale is used to produce an ipsative (forced
\nchoice) measure where no indifferent option is available. Each level on the scale is assigned a
\nnumeric value or coding, usually starting at 1 and incremented by one for each level.<\/p>\n
Origin:<\/p>\n
Named after Dr. Rensis Likert, a sociologist at the University of Michigan, who developed the technique. His original report entitled \u201cA Technique for the Measurement of Attitudes\u201d was
\npublished in the Archives of Psychology in 1932. His goal was to develop a means of measuring psychological attitudes in a \u201cscientific\u201d way. Specifically, he sought a method that would
\nproduce attitude measures that could reasonably be interpreted as measurements on a proper metric scale, in the same sense that we consider grams or degrees Celsius true measurement scales (Uebersax, 2006).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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