25/08/2024
DID YOU KNOW???
The LIKERT Scale was created by the American social scientist RENSIS LIKERT in 1932.
โThe first published examination of Likert-type scales involved items written to address racist, internationalistic, and imperialistic attitudes. The scores had high reliability and correlated with scores from other measures, supporting the use of Likert-scaled itemsโ (Horst & Pyburn, 2018).
โThe use of Likert scaling is widespread throughout education, psychology, business, and other disciplines involving research examining peopleโs attitudes, values, beliefs, dispositions, or psychological states and traitsโ (Horst & Pyburn, 2018).
References:
Foster, H. (2020). The Story Behind The Scale. Retrieved https://fostergram.wordpress.com/2020/04/11/the-story-behind-the-scale/
Horst, S. & Pyburn, E. (2018). Likert scaling. In B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (Vol. 1, pp. 975-977). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781506326139.n396
Jamieson, Susan (2024). Likert Scale. Retrieved https://www.britannica.com/topic/Likert-Scale
Janse, Ben (2023). Rensis Likert biography and theory. Retrieved https://www.toolshero.com/toolsheroes/rensis-likert/
Roper Center (2024). Rensis Likert. Retrieved https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/pioneers-polling/rensis-likert
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