Likert Scale: Explored and Explained
Ankur Joshi, Saket Kale, Satish Chandel, D. K. Pal
Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · pp. 396–403 · Published 20 Feb 2015
10.9734/BJAST/2015/14975Abstract
Likert scale is applied as one of the most fundamental and frequently used psychometric tools in educational and social sciences research. Simultaneously, it is also subjected to a lot of debates and controversies in regards with the analysis and inclusion of points on the scale. With this context, through reviewing the available literature and then clubbing the received information with coherent scientific thinking, this paper attempts to gradually build a construct around Likert scale. This analytical review begins with the necessity of psychometric tools like Likert scale andits variants and focuses on some convoluted issues like validity, reliability and analysis of the scale.
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