of course, to be fair to the first jay .. could be simply that his boss did not like semantic diff. scales ... AND, for none of the reasons the second jay below said ...
it would be helpful if the first jay could give us some further info on why his boss was so ticked off ... At 09:39 PM 2/25/02 -0600, Jay Warner wrote: >Jay Tanzman wrote: > > > I just got chewed out by my boss for modelling the means of some 7-point > > semantic differential scales. The scales were part of a written, > > self-administered questionnaire, and were laid out like this: > > > > Not stressful 1__ 2__ 3__ 4__ 5__ 6__ 7__ Very stressful > > > > So, why or why not is it kosher to model the means of scales like this? > >================================================================= >Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the >problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at > http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ >================================================================= ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
