At 11:06 AM 9/8/01 +1200, Magenta wrote:
>Sure do, I think that if you redid it so that the scale was now:
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>don't agree
>strongly agree
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>that would give you a ratio scale between no agreement and strong agreement.
>You would then be able to use, e.g. ANOVA, on your test results, which would
>be numeric in millimeters.
TO TALK about these things as ratio scales is downright silly
look at the item:
stat will help me in my professional work
don't agree |(0)__________________________________(5)__| agree
you aren't going to claim that the "agree" means 5 times a stronger view
than "don't agree" ... are you???
does don't agree mean you are thinking that it will HURT your professional
work? i don't think so ... it could mean you have a view that it will not
help ... but, it won't put you in some disadvantaged position ... but it
COULD mean that you don't agree because you think it will harm you
thus, responding "don't agree" is like the ? or neutral position ... which
is essentially impossible to evaluate
>cheers
>Michelle <blush>
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