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What type of scale is a 5 point Likert scale?
psychometric response scale
A type of psychometric response scale in which responders specify their level of agreement to a statement typically in five points: (1) Strongly disagree; (2) Disagree; (3) Neither agree nor disagree; (4) Agree; (5) Strongly agree.
How do you find the mean of a 5 point Likert scale?
Step 1: For each question on the questionnaire, calculate the total number of responses for each sentiment level (Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree). Step 2: Add the totals, and divide by the total number of respondents: 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 5 = 6 / 2 respondents = 3.
How to I interpret a don’t know answer on a Likert-type scale?
However, it is usually accepted that being a central point on a scale, “don’t know” should be interpreted as ” I cannot decide between “agree” and “disagree”. But, then the statement should measure an attitude or perception – Likert intended it to measure.
What are the Likert scales for student satisfaction?
Level of Difficulty. 1 – Very difficult. 2 – Difficult. 3 – Neutral. 4 – Easy. 5 – Very easy. Good / Bad. 1 – Very negative. 2 – 3 – Neutral. 4 – 5 – Very positive . Level of Satisfaction – 7 point. 1 – Completely dissatisfied. 2 – Mostly dissatisfied. 3 – Somewhat dissatisfied. 4 – neither satisfied or dissatisfied. 5 – Somewhat satisfied
What is the purpose of the liker scale?
Just to take you back to the original purpose of a Liker Scale. It is not a response on a question in the real sense of the word, but a response on a statement. Therefore, the purpose is to get the respondent react with attitude on the statement made by the researcher.
Can a Likert statement be used to determine factual knowledge?
It is a statement designed to extract the respondent’s attitude. Therefore, if I do not know anything about your statement, my attitude is “indifferent”, the same as that you cannot decide between agree or disagree, which means that you are still “indifferent/neutral”. A Likert statement cannot be used to determine factual knowledge.