Can Likert scales be treated as interval scales?—A simulation study
H Wu, SO Leung - Journal of social service research, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… scale is … interval scale, but strictly speaking it is an ordinal scale, where arithmetic operations
cannot be conducted. There are pros and cons in using the Likert scale as an interval scale, …
cannot be conducted. There are pros and cons in using the Likert scale as an interval scale, …
Treating ordinal scales as interval scales: an attempt to resolve the controversy
TR Knapp - Nursing research, 1990 - journals.lww.com
… for interval scales and meaningless for ordinal scales. The reason is that the claim always
holds for admissible (linear) transformations of interval scales … of ordinal scales. Furthermore, …
holds for admissible (linear) transformations of interval scales … of ordinal scales. Furthermore, …
An interval scale for development of children aged 0–2 years
G Jacobusse, S van Buuren… - Statistics in medicine, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… Difference scores are not meaningful because there is no underlying quantitative scale. 3. …
outcomes of the instrument on an interval scale. This scale provides a common metric so that …
outcomes of the instrument on an interval scale. This scale provides a common metric so that …
Are IR evaluation measures on an interval scale?
M Ferrante, N Ferro, S Pontarollo - Proceedings of the ACM SIGIR …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
… measure M while a uniqueness theorem ensures that any other interval scale … interval scale
measure M and we prove that Precision, Recall, and F-measure are all on an interval scale …
measure M and we prove that Precision, Recall, and F-measure are all on an interval scale …
Ordinal and interval scaling.
M Traylor - Journal of the market research society, 1983 - psycnet.apa.org
… ) hierarchy of scaling in the context of attitude research, emphasizing the use of equal interval
scaling … Evidence is presented to show that treating ordinal data as interval data may be an …
scaling … Evidence is presented to show that treating ordinal data as interval data may be an …
How do interval scales help us with better understanding IR evaluation measures?
… interval scales … interval scale when we choose a specific value of the parameter p and define
a specific total order among systems while all the other IR measures are not interval scales. …
a specific total order among systems while all the other IR measures are not interval scales. …
IQ, interval scales, and normal distributions.
H Thomas - Psychological Bulletin, 1982 - psycnet.apa.org
… conditions leading to such scales have been empirically … condition for inferring that
interval scale measurement has been … aspired to achieve interval or ratio scales of measurement. …
interval scale measurement has been … aspired to achieve interval or ratio scales of measurement. …
Validation of an interval scaling: the sickness impact profile.
WB Carter, RA Bobbitt, M Bergner… - Health Services …, 1976 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… the monumental scaling tasks … -interval results; but because an equalinterval scale was
needed, it wasnecessary to validate the scale values obtained and investigate the equal-interval …
needed, it wasnecessary to validate the scale values obtained and investigate the equal-interval …
Interval Scale
BD Zumbo - Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being …, 2024 - Springer
… technologies (ICTs) are a key enabler of innovation and major improvements in our lives,
whether we consider the individual dimension or the impacts at wider, societal scale, for …
whether we consider the individual dimension or the impacts at wider, societal scale, for …
Scaling foreign accent: Direct magnitude estimation versus interval scaling
MH Southwood, EF JAMES - Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
… DME scores were plotted against interval scores. This study found that accentedness (at …
`7’ on the interval scale suggests a ceiling e ect. A nine- or 11-point scale may better measure …
`7’ on the interval scale suggests a ceiling e ect. A nine- or 11-point scale may better measure …