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You can readily convert data from a 5-point scale to a 10-point equivalent. The process is basically to anchor the end points of the scale you want to convert to the 10-point. So 1 stays as 1, 5 becomes 10. The points in between are converted like this: 2 becomes 3.25; 3 becomes 5.5; 4 becomes 7.75. Note that this assumes the data are "equal interval" (e.g. the distance between 1 and 2 is the same as between 2 and 3 on the scale). Many researchers are leery of this assumption but the leading texts on marketing research assume equal interval data for Likert-based data. A recent study in the International Journal of Market Research reported on an experiment where three groups of respondents gave answers on either a 5-point, 7-point or 10-point scale. After this re-scaling procedure, the three scales gave almost identical results. The study reference is: Dawes, John "Do Data Characteristics Change according to the Number of Scale Points Used ? An experiment using 5-point, 7-point and 10-point scales". International Journal of Market Research, Vol 50, 1, 2008.
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How do you convert a 5 point likert to a 3 point likert and what role does item response theory play here?
Can a 3-point scale also be called a Likert scale?? PS
How do you convert a 5 point likert scale to 4 point likert?
See the related link for more information. The Likert scale with 5 points typically has a middle neutral (neither agree or disagree) choice. In the 4-point scale, the neutral choice is removed, so that person who is uncertain is forced to lean (even if slightly) one way or the other.
How do you convert numbers to percentages to a likert scale of 1-5?
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How do you convert percentages to a likert scale of 1-5?
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As likert scale are ordinal data can I obtain mean and SD from them?
If you are considering a single ordinal variable, determining the mode or median would be meaningful, but the mean or SD would not. Many researchers do consider likert-scale data to possess only ordinal qualities. However, leading research studies, for example in the marketing area, obtain measures such as means and standard deviations from likert-scale data. Indeed leading textbooks also follow this approach. One concern has been that the 'distances' between points on a likert scale are not equal, for example the 'distance' or 'difference' between a strongly disagree and disagree is not the same as the difference between disagree and neutral. A recent study discusses these issues, as well as demonstrating that data obtained from 5-point, 7-point and 10-point likert scales are approximately comparable in terms of mean score (once re-scaled) and various measures of variation and data shape. The study reference is Dawes, John "Do Data Characteristics Change According to the Number of Scale Points Used ? An Experiment using 5-point, 7-point and 10-point Scales" International Journal of Market Research, Vol 50 2008.
How do you convert 854231 to scientific notation?
To convert 854231 to scientific notation, move the decimal point to the left until there is only one non-zero digit to the left of it. In this case, the decimal point would be moved 5 places to the left, resulting in 8.54231. Then, multiply this number by 10 raised to the power of 5: 8.54231 x 10^5.
How do you convert 5 and 9 tenths into fractional notation?
5 9/10 = 59/10 Convert the whole number 5 into tenths by multiplying by 10/10 : 5/1 = 50/10 then add to the existing 9 tenths
How do you convert 5 over 10 into decimals?
5 over 10 is the same as 5 divided by 10: 5 ÷ 10 = 0.5
Convert the fraction to decimal 5 divided by 10?
0.5
Reporting likert scale results?
Many researchers believe you should only report the results for individual likert items using the proportion of responses for each scale point. For example, 17% strongly agreed, 32% agreed, 10% neither agreed or disagreed and so on. The reason they say this is that likert data is not "equal interval" - the difference between strongly agree and agree is not the same as the difference between neutral and agree, for example. The data is said to be ordinal, not metric. However, this is actually not so much of an issue. Several research studies show have calculated the numerical difference between Likert-type scale points and showed they are very, very close to "equal interval". References for this are given in this paper: Dawes, John. "Do Data Characteristics Change According to the Number of Scale Points Used - an Experiment using 5-point, 7-point and 10-point scales", International Journal of Market Research Vol 50, no 1, 2008. In fact the data used for this experiment is available on the web, go to www.johndawes.com.au and click on "free data".
How do you convert 140000 into scientific notation?
To convert 140000 into scientific notation, move the decimal point four places to the left, so the number becomes 1.4. Then, multiply it by 10 raised to the power of 5 (since the decimal was moved four places). So, 140000 in scientific notation is 1.4 x 10^5.
How do you convert 5.6to a fraction?
5 and 6/10 I got "5" and "6" from the question. and I got the "/10" like this: first, count the number of decimal places (to the right of the decimal point) then I get 1 followed by that many zeroes and thus I get "10". this can be simplified to 5 and 3/5 (6 and 10 are both divisible by 2)
