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Comment on Event scorecard by Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:36:37 +0000

Thanks Richard, back in Tashkent now but leaving for Geneva.
Cheers
Glenn

Comment on Event scorecard by Richard Gaunt

Richard Gaunt — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:27:43 +0000

Glenn, you do seem to move around! We look forward to your next report.

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Thu, 08 May 2008 16:36:14 +0000

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Comment on Analyzing open-ended questions by Naveen

Naveen — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:33:39 +0000

Good article on post coding … I tried looking elsewhere for this kind of summary but couldnt find it. Thanks

Comment on Contact by seppo

seppo — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:58:39 +0000

Hi!

Any work related with Kevin Warwicks research/robotics?

Comment on Favourite Quotes on Evaluation and Measurement by Tonsils, run over dogs and comparisons « intelligent measurement

Tonsils, run over dogs and comparisons « intelligent measurement — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:05:16 +0000

[...] In the same way, you often hear people saying “our results are terrible” - or “we are doing too much of XY”. But my first reaction is “How do you judge that - what are you comparing it to?” - often no real inquiry or comparative data are used (which reminds me of another quote from Groucho Marx). [...]

Comment on Likert scale & surveys - best practices by Glenn

Glenn — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:37:52 +0000

Dear Harry,

Apologies, I just saw your comment now. Actually most studies are not conclusive on the difference between 5 and 7 points on a scale. In other words, both 5 & 7 point would provide you with accurate and reliable responses. In the article listed below, they conclude that as you add more points, a scale becomes more reliable - but only up to a certain point (higher than 11 is too much for most people). Consequently, they argue that 7 is slightly more reliable than 5.

I would recommend that you use a 7 point scale, particularly if you have other comparative variables that you are going to measure on a 7 point scale - it makes it much easier to compare and avoids having to re-calculate your results.

The article I mentioned:

Alwin, D & Krosnick, J, “The reliability of survey attitude measurement: The influence of questions and respondent attributes”, Sociological Methods Research, 1991; 20; 139
http://smr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/20/1/139

Kind regards,

Glenn

Comment on Likert scale & surveys - best practices by Glenn

Glenn — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:26:43 +0000

Dian, further to your question, actually some questions are more suited to a yes/no response and others are more suited to a Likert scale. For example, “have you ever done XY?” is suitable for yes/no. but “how favourable are you for XY?” is more suitable for likert style format. The likert scale is more for where you can imagine responses on a scale of frequency/intensity. For some questions this may not be appropriate.

I think if you are working with questioners doing the surveying for you, then you just have to guide them further with the response model written on your survey.
Glenn

Comment on Likert scale & surveys - best practices by Glenn

Glenn — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:02:03 +0000

HI Dian,

That’s a good one also! let me think about that I’ll get back to you…
Glenn

Comment on Likert scale & surveys - best practices by Glenn

Glenn — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:01:10 +0000

Thank you for that Allen. It does look an interesting article with some important points - I will make reference to it in a future post.

Kind regards
Glenn