Excellent question! I am not a statistician, althouogh I pretend to be one whenever I write up manuscripts, so I would say YES, if you are then applying numbers to those responses and analyzing those numbers--note careful use of language in that last phrase.
Annette Quoting "Wuensch, Karl L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I have always restricted the use of the term "Likert scale" to those scales where respondents express their STRENGTH OF AGREEMENT with each of several statements , typically with response options varying from "stongly disagree" to "strongly agree." I have, however, increasingly seen "Likert scale" used to describe items with five or seven ordered response options but where the response scale is not in terms of strength of agreement. For example, where the stem is "I think about the Flying Spaghetti Monster" and the response options are "never," "rarely," "sometimes," "often," and "all the time." In your opinion, are such scales appropriately referred to as being "Likert scales?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl L. Wuensch, Professor, Dept. of Psychology East Carolina Univ., Greenville NC 27858-4353 Voice: 252-328-9420 Fax: 252-328-6283 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm <http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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