A Likert scale is a psychometric measurement device that asks respondents to indicate their level of agreement or disagreement with a series of statements along a symmetric ordered continuum (typically 5 or 7 points: strongly disagree to strongly agree). The persistence mechanism is standardized questionnaire design — researchers construct multi-item Likert scales by summing or averaging responses across individual items to produce a composite score, and the scale type is defined by this response format and aggregation protocol, not by any single item. [formal: | substrate: behavior | horizon: a life | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]
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likert scale
A Likert scale is a psychometric measurement device that asks respondents to indicate their level of agreement or disagreement with a series of statements along a symmetric ordered continuum (typically 5 or 7 points: strongly disagree to s…
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A human-made survey instrument consisting of a symmetric agree-disagree scale for measuring attitudes, where respondents select from ordered categorical responses (e.g. strongly agree to strongly disagree) to rate statements.
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- likert scaleen · CANONICAL
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A likert scale IS a specific kind of assessment — a structured instrument for measuring attitudes via agreement responses. Direction specific→general per Law 9.
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A Likert scale is a specific type of survey instrument — a psychometric scale used in questionnaires where respondents indicate agreement on a symmetric agree-disagree scale. Direction tested: a Likert scale IS a kind of survey instrument.
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A Likert scale IS a specific kind of measurement instrument: it measures attitudes/opinions on an ordered response continuum. A competent speaker would say 'a Likert scale is a type of measurement.' Direction: specific→general.
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