On Jun 8, 9:30 am, Richard Ulrich <Rich.Ulr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:14:55 +0200, "Burger" <burger1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
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> > 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
>
> Like Stan says, the gradation is not completely clear
> on 4 and 5.
>
> British subjects are apt to read "quite" as either what
> Americans mean as "quite" or else as "not quite".
>
> You might find any textbook with the word Psychometrics
> in the title. Google-scholar can help.
>
> Also, what you have are items on a 1-5 scale, intended
> to specify equal intervals.
> I know that the term "Likert" gets used loosely, but the
> original Likert scales specified "agreement-disagreement"
> using symmetrical terms and where the expected average
> was in the middle. I don't think you need to use
> "Likert" here unless you at least achieve the symmetry.
>
> --
> Rich Ulrich
>
> http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html
I agree. Most Likert scales I've seen go in order Very Satisfied;
Satisfied; Neither Satisfied or Dissatisfied; Dissatisfied; Very
Dissatisfied.
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