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Non-comparative Scaling
Techniques
Basic
Characteristics
Continuous Placeamarkona
continuousline
Rating
Scale
ItemizedRating
Scales
Examples
Advantages
Disadvantages
Measurement
LikertScale Degreesof
agreementona1 ofattitudes
(stronglydisagree)
to5(strongly
agree)scale
Easytoconstruct, More
administer,and
timeconsuming
understand
Controversyas
towhetherthe
dataareinterval
RIP 9.1
A Semantic Differential Scale for Measuring SelfConcepts, Person Concepts, and Product Concepts
RIP 9.2
Figure 9.1
Figure 9.2
3) . Very harsh
.
. Neither harsh nor gentle
.
. Very gentle
4) ____
____
____
Very
-3
-2
harsh
Harsh
harsh
Very gentle
Cheer
____
nor gentle
____
____
Somewhat
Gentle
+1
gentle
+2
____
Very
+3
gentle
Figure 9.3
Thermometer Scale
Instructions: Please indicate how much you like McDonalds hamburgers by
coloring in the thermometer. Start at the bottom and color up to the temperature
level that best indicates how strong your preference is.
Form:
Like very
much
Dislike
very much
100
75
50
25
0
Form:
Table 9.2
1) Number of Categories
Figure 9.4
Figure 9.5
Scale Evaluation
Scale Evaluation
Reliability
Test/
Retest
Alternative
Forms
Validity
Internal
Consistency
Content
Criterion
Generalizability
Construct
Figure 9.6