Writing l ikert scale questions 2014
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This document discusses writing effective Likert scale questions and provides guidance on tools and techniques. A Likert scale asks respondents to rate their level of agreement with statements. Response devices like clickers can collect and report responses electronically, saving paper and time. The document recommends verbs to use in questions and lists sources for emoticons to illustrate questions visually. It promotes eInstruction response systems for effectively delivering Likert scale assessments.
Writing l ikert scale questions 2014
- 1. Writing Likert Scale Questions A Likert scale is a type of question where respondents are asked to rate the level at which they agree or disagree with a statement. For instance on a scale from one to five a user can strongly disagree or strongly agree with a statement. The scale is named for the professor who invented the concept. (A college professor recently corrected my pronunciation.it is correctly pronounced (LIK ert) The various response solutions from eInstruction by Turning Technologies are ideal for these kinds of questions. Using a response pads, or tablet software to deliver these kinds of questions is easy to do. It also means that at the end of the session, one does not need to gather and total the responses. The software will generate reports for you. This is also a “green way” to deliver this kind of assessment. There is no need to print out a sheet for each respondent and if you do a lot of these kinds of sessions you will save both paper and time. If you do already have these questions printed, the “answer ” function allows the creation of an answer key. These printed sheets can be used with the response pads, and one set could be used over and over.
- 2. Here are some verbs that will assist in writing good Likert Scale Questions. The verbs in RED are the ones most commonly used in each category .
- 4. The charts with the LIkert Scale verbs listed above can be found at : http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/siegle/research/Instrument%20Relia bility%20and%20Validity/Likert.html These charts were produced by : Del Siegle, Ph.D. Neag School of Education - University of Connecticut del.siegle@uconn.edu www.delsiegle.com I received Dr Siegle’s express permission to use his charts in this file. Once can also add Graphics to illustrate questions. Thus it is possible to put “emoticons” beside each question, if that is of interest I have found some of these kinds of graphics on a site for royalty free graphics. Here are some examples:
- 5. These graphics could be used to represent Agree and Disagree These were found at http://www.clipproject.info/ Another source for emoticons is the content library in the Workspace Software. Workspace is an eInstruction package and is bundled with the the Mobiew, Dualbord, Touchboard and Insight 360 These three characters are “Jamal” , “Janice” and “Jason”. There are a total of 11 “characters” in Workspace and each character has a full range of expressions. Thus it is possible to use emoticons that represent different genders and ethnic groups, where that is appropriate. I hope this info will be useful in writing successful Likert Scale Questions.
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