Are the Steps on Likert Scales Equidistant? Responses on Visual Analog Scales Allow Estimating Their Distances [PDF]
Educ Psychol Meas, 2023 A recurring question regarding Likert items is whether the discrete steps that this response format allows represent constant increments along the underlying continuum. This question appears unsolvable because Likert responses carry no direct information
Miguel A. García-Pérez
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A systematic and critical review of measurement scales for evaluating gastrointestinal symptoms during exercise [PDF]
Journal of the International Society of Sports NutritionBackground Exercise-induced gastrointestinal symptoms (GIS) are commonly reported, with either Likert-type scales or visual analog scales (VAS) used to quantify the incidence and magnitude of symptoms. However, these measurement tools lack consistency in
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General mixture item response models with different item response structures: Exposition with an application to Likert scales [PDF]
Behav Res Methods, 2018 This article proposes a general mixture item response theory (IRT) framework that allows for classes of persons to differ with respect to the type of processes underlying the item responses.
J. Tijmstra, M. Bolsinova, M. Jeon
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Evidence of Factorial Validity of Parental Knowledge, Control and Solicitation, and Adolescent Disclosure Scales: When the Ordered Nature of Likert Scales Matters [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2016 For evaluating monitoring and parent-adolescent communication, a set of scales addressing parental knowledge, control and solicitation, and adolescent disclosure was proposed by Kerr and Stattin (2000). Although these scales have been widely disseminated,
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EncyclopediaThe Likert-type scale is a widely used psychometric instrument for measuring attitudes, opinions, or perceptions in research contexts. It presents respondents with a series of statements accompanied by symmetrical response options, typically structured on a five-point scale ranging from “Strongly Disagree” to “Strongly Agree”.
Malcolm Koo
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A Bayesian Perspective on Likert Scales and Central Tendency
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 2018 Igor Douven
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Reading comprehension beliefs of Mexican pre-service language teachers: a Likert scale study
Cuadernos de Investigación Educativa, 2023 This paper aims to report the adaptation of a new version of the Scale of Implicit Theories of Reading Comprehension (ETICOLEC as per its Spanish acronym) with a sample of 77 randomly chosen English majors at a peripheral campus of a small university in
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Effective Use of Likert Scales in Visualization Evaluations: A Systematic Review
Computer graphics forum (Print), 2022 Likert scales are often used in visualization evaluations to produce quantitative estimates of subjective attributes, such as ease of use or aesthetic appeal.
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Likert scales and questions: uses and abuses
European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies, 2023 when conducting business and management research, the most common strategy employed for collecting primary data is either interviews or questionnaires (or both).
G. Darnton
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Designing, Constructing, and Analyzing Likert Scale Data [PDF]
Journal of Education and Community Health, 2018 Background & Objective: Today, Likert scale data is used in many studies in medical, educational, and psychometric fields to understand the attitudes of individuals.
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