Hi there,
Has anyone reported on attitudinal data from a 5-point likert scale and can
recommend any papers that discuss when it's okay/legit /preferable to cite
the nominal combined categories (Agree/disagree) and when it's preferable
to cite the different categories of response by the scale? I've got a very
sensitive applied research study topic, and sometimes find that a majority
of people opt for strongly agree and a much smaller percentage opt for tend
to agree, so find it easier to cite the overall agree, but other times
there are interesting differences in the 5 response options so it's more
interesting to cite those. Are there any rules if we are looking at this
from a descriptive point of view?
Any advice on this or recommendations of papers would be great.
Thank you very much!
Best wishes,
Cathy Baldwin, University of Oxford / freelance
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