Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

likert scale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: lik-ert s-cale
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A symmetric psychometric scale used in questionnaires, allowing respondents to specify their level of agreement or disagreement.

Example Sentences

"In a quantitative version of such a task, participants might be asked to rate the sentences on a scale from 1 to 5 or from 1 to 7 (a “Likert” scale, pronounced “Lick-ert”), or on a binary scale (good vs. bad), or even on an unbounded scale."

Etymology

Named after its inventor, psychologist Rensis Likert.

Inflected Forms

Likert scales (plural)

Questions

What does likert scale mean?: A symmetric psychometric scale used in questionnaires, allowing respondents to specify their level of agreement or disagreement.
Where does likert scale come from?: Named after its inventor, psychologist Rensis Likert.

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