At 06:28 PM 9/7/01 +1200, Magenta wrote:
>"John Uebersax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > A recent question made me realize the extent of ambiguity in the use
> > of "Likert scale" and related terms. I'd like to see things be more
> > clear. Here are my thoughts (I don't claim they are correct; they're
> > just a starting point for discussion). Concise responses are
> > encouraged. If there are enough, I'll post a summary.
> >
> > 3. I do not know if Likert also used a visual analog format such as:
> >
> > neither
> > strongly mildly agree nor mildly strongly
> > disagree disagree disagree agree agree
> >
> > 1 2 3 4 5
> > +---------+----------+----------+---------+
>
>My understanding of the use of visual analog scales is that only the anchors
>are labelled - so that you have a line like so:
>
>strongly disagree
>strongly agree
> |_______________________________________|
in any case ... likert did not use this visual method
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