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Likert Scale

The following choices may help you when youdesign an attitude instrument. The bold face
sets are the most popular.

AGREEMENT

Strongly Agree Agree Strongly Agree Agree

Agree Agree Moderately Disagree Undecided
Undecided Agree Slightly Disagree
Disagree Disagree Slightly
Strongly Disagree Disagree
Moderately
Disagree Strongly

Agree Very Strongly Yes Completely Agree Disagree

Strongly
Agree Strongly No Mostly Agree
Disagree
Agree Slightly Agree
Tend to Disagree
Disagree Slightly Disagree
Disagree Strongly Mostly Disagree Tend to Agree

Disagree Very Completely Agree

Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly

FREQUENCY

Very Always Always Almost Always

Frequently Very Usually To a Considerable
Frequently Frequently About Half the Degree
Occasionally Occasionally Time Occasionally
Rarely Rarely Seldom Seldom
Very Rarely Very Rarely Never
Never Never
 A Great Deal Often Always
Much Sometimes Very Often
Somewhat Seldom Sometimes
Little Never Rarely
Never Never

IMPORTANCE

Very Important Very Important Very Important

Important Moderately Important Important
Moderately Important Unimportant Neither Important or Unimportant
Of Little Importance Unimportant
Unimportant Very Unimportant

QUALITY

Very Good Extremely Poor Good

Good Below Average Fair
Barely Acceptable Average Poor
Poor Above Average
Very Poor Excellent

LIKELIHOOD

Like Me To a Great Extent True

Unlike Me Somewhat False
Very Little
Not at All
 Definitely Almost Always True True of Myself
Very Probably Usually True Mostly True of Myself
Probably Often True About Halfway True of Myself
Possibly Occasionally True Slightly True Of Myself
Probably Not Sometimes But Infrequently True Not at All True of Myself
Very Probably Not Usually Not True
Almost Never True

Sample Front Page from an Instrument Using a Likert Scale...

 Del Siegle, Ph.D.
Neag School of Education - University of Connecticut
del.siegle@uconn.edu
www.delsiegle.com

11/24/2010