Personnel Psychology · 1993 · 80 citations · 1 references
Social SciencesPsychologySocial PsychologyNorm-referenced AssessmentPsychometricsScale DevelopmentInternal ConsistencyJudgment AssessmentRating Scale DevelopmentSocial JudgmentAttitude MeasurementsAttitude Scale DevelopmentNumerical Rating ScalesRating Scale ConstructionScale ValiditySelf-report ScalesSubjective Rating ScalesThurstone Scaling
A simple method of scoring the Thurstone Attitude Scales is presented, which does not involve the use of a judging group and yet is found in several samples to be consistently more reliable than the original method of scoring. The scores obtained by the two methods correlate highly (median r = .88), indicating that they are measuring essentially the same thing.
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A technique for measurement of attitudes
Rensis Likert · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1932 · 8.2K citations