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  6. Date:         Tue, 8 Sep 1992 08:51:18 -0500
  7. Sender:       "STATISTICAL CONSULTING" <STAT-L@MCGILL1.BITNET>
  8. From:         MGRANAAS@CHARLIE.USD.EDU
  9. Subject:      continuous likert scales
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  12. I was told a few years back that a likert scale could be made continuous
  13. by using a line with anchors at each end rather than the traditional
  14. 5 (or 7 or 9) point scale.  Instead of picking a number between 1 and 5,
  15. the respondent marks a point along the line and the researcher measures
  16. the distance from the mark to one of the anchors to obtain a score.
  17.  
  18. e.g.
  19.  
  20.       ___________________________/________________________
  21.     Always                                             Never
  22.  
  23. Does anybody know if this in fact works?  References where I can learn more?
  24.  
  25. Thanks
  26. mike
  27.  
  28. mgranaas@charlie.usd.edu
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