This posting is a sidebar, a bit of a rant. But if I can be a small part of saving the Likert Scale from death by its ongoing misuse, it'll have been worthwhile. You may receive a phone call about the ...

Background: To clarify the relationship between the probability of prostate cancer scaled using a 5-point Likert system and the biological characteristics of corresponding tumor foci. Methods: The ...

The goal of this investigation was to retrospectively compare the recently proposed Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) scale with the older Likert scale, using multiparametric MRI in ...

Researchers often tweak the number of response options in the traditional five-point Likert Scale with little empirical justification for doing so. Now a psychologist has tested the test. Leonard ...

Data collected through multi-item Likert scales that contain reversed items often exhibit problems, such as unexpected factor structures and diminished scale reliabilities. These problems arise when ...