APSY2216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Likert Scale, Semantic Differential, Rating Scale
11 Oct 2016
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Research methods and analysis week 7 lecture notes 10/11. Instrument: the device the researcher uses to collect data: survey, interview, scale. Instrumentation: the instruments and procedures used in collecting data: instruments: More time consuming, but generally, more ecological: procedures assessments. Where, when, how, who the data will be collected. Subject-completed instruments: subjects are asked to describe themselves or report their opinions. Subjects are often asked to quantify their: generally, try to avoid self-rating scales with agree (5), semantic differential beliefs/behavior/attributes/experience along a continuum. Children"s versions of rating scales: likert scale (strongly disagree (1) strongly, when necessary modified for cognitive level . Rather than providing a subject"s opinion on some young children. Personality inventories use pictures: subjects are asked to solve problems in social or cognitive domains. Achievement tests, aptitude tests, performance tests issue, these tools directly asses performance: achievement tests: asses knowledge or skill in a given area that had been specifically taught, aptitude tests: asses intellectual abilities that are.
