Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:14:55 +0200 from Burger <burger1965@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
> Hi everyone! I am not sure if this is the right newsgroup but can't find
a
> better one. I hope you are willing to take a look at it.
> For a Likert type kind of question (something like "does this product
> satisfy your needs?"), I have to choose between two lists that I can
offer
> respondents as potential answers. Both are possible but which would you
say
> is preferable?
>
> 1. Not at all
> 2. A little
> 3. Somewhat
> 4. Quite a lot
> 5. To a great extent
>
> or
>
> 1. Not at all
> 2. To a small extent
> 3. To a moderate extent
> 4. To a large extent
> 5. To a great extent
I'm not a professional statistician, but my gut reaction is "shorter
phrases are better".
But I don't care for either list that much. In both of them, choices
4 and 5 seem the same to me, and I also wonder why you don't offer
the option of "completely".
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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
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