Phrase completions: An alternative to Likert scales

Hodge, David R.; Gillespie, David F.

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“…A ambas escalas se les eliminó el punto central por los inconvenientes psicométricos que puede representar su conservación (Hodge & Gillespie, 2003;Raaijmakers, Hoof, Hart, Verbogt, & Vollebergh, 2000) …”

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Verificación de las condiciones psicométricas del Test de Orientación en la Vida (LOT-R) aplicado en población trabajadora Colombiana

Санин¹,

Soria

2017

Rev. Interam. Psicol. Ocup.

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ResumenEl Test de Orientación en la Vida mide el optimismo. Se verifican aquí sus propiedades psicométricas con una muestra de 791 trabajadores colombianos. Se explora también si permite medir el Optimismo Organizacional y hacia el Trabajo. Se pidió a los participantes responder cada ítem pensando en su vida, en su empresa y en su trabajo. Se revisó la validez convergente utilizando la Subjective Whit Life Scale (SWLS). La consistencia interna se estimó con la fórmula de Confiabilidad Compuesta y con el Alpha de Cronbach. Con un análisis factorial confirmatorio (AFC) se exploró la estructura de la escala. Hubo correlaciones altas, significativas y positivas entre Satisfacción con la Vida y Optimismo y negativas con Pesimismo. El AFC mostró ajuste de la estructura bidimensional. Se encontró una adecuada consistencia interna. Lo hallazgos indican que esta es una escala idónea para la evaluación del Optimismo/Pesimismo en la Vida, la Empresa y el Trabajo.Palabras clave: Optimismo, Pesimismo, Optimismo en la Empresa, Optimismo en el Trabajo, Psicometría Psychometric Verification of the Life Orientation Test (LOT-R)for Colombian Workers. AbstractThe Orientation With Life Scale measures optimism. In this study we verify their psychometric properties with a 791 Colombian worker sample. It is also explored if it is useful by to measure organizational and work optimism. Participants were asked to answer each item thinking about their life, their company and their work. Convergent validity was revised using the Subjective With Life Scale (SWLS). Internal consistency was estimated using the composite reliability and Cronbach's Alpha. The structure of the scale was explored with confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA). There were high, significant and positive correlations between Satisfaction with Life and Optimism and negatives with Pessimism. AFC showed adjustment of the two-dimensional structure. Adequate internal consistency was found. The findings indicate that scale is appropriate for the measurement of optimism/pessimism in life, organizations and work.

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Verificación de las condiciones psicométricas del Test de Orientación en la Vida (LOT-R) aplicado en población trabajadora Colombiana

Санин¹,

Soria

2017

Rev. Interam. Psicol. Ocup.

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“…For example, the distance on the continuum between 'somewhat agree' to 'strongly agree' might not be the same as the distance between 'somewhat disagree' and 'undecided' (Hodge & Gillespie, 2003;Svensson, 2001).The lack of precision of measurement means the data from Likert scales are at the ordinal-level, so it is not technically appropriate to sum or average such responses, even though researchers often do so ( Contrasted against the Likert scale, the visual analog scale provides a smoothed continuum for respondents (e.g., a score of 100 is twice the value of a 50 and is at the interval level). Also, some respondents find the VAS more intuitive (Little & McPhail, 1973;Aitken, 1969).…”

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“…The Likert scale and conventional pretest-posttest selfreports are two popular methods utilized by researchers to measure respondents' experiences Renis Likert introduced the response scale in 1932, and it is still currently the most popular response format (Hodge & Gillespie, 2003). Likert scales make the respondent specify his or her experience by selecting one graduated category from the many category options, with Likert scales usually containing four to eleven categories (Flynn, 2004).…”

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Innovations in Measurement: Visual Analog Scales and Retrospective Pretest Self-Report Designs

Gorrall

Curtis

Little

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Abstract. The authors discuss limitations of two popular measurement procedures, the Likert scale and conventional pretest-posttest self-report design. Both techniques have limits and yet are often combined, leading to restricted fidelity for measuring change. The authors go on to discuss two innovations in measurement that provide researchers with greater assessment fidelity: Visual analog scales and the retrospective pretest design. Moreover, when used in combination, these innovations measurement techniques provide dramatic increases in the power to detect and quantify change.Keywords. Attitudes, polytomous items, MRG, college students.Resumen. Se discuten las limitaciones de dos procedimientos de medición extremadamente populares; la escala Likert y los diseños pre-post tradicionales. Ambos métodos tienen limitaciones; estos métodos son comúnmente combinados obteniendo como resultado una fidelidad limitada para la medición del cambio. Se discute sobre dos innovaciones en medición que proveen al investigador una mayor fidelidad: escalas visuales análogas y el diseño pre-test retrospectivo. Además, cuando se usan de manera combinada, estas innovaciones en medición proveen notables incrementos en el poder de detección y la cuantificación de cambios.Palabras clave. Actitudes, items politómicos, MRG, estudiantes universitarios.

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“…Clason and Dormody (1994) argued that using methods focused on location parameters (i.e., mean and standard deviation) would oversimplify the analysis, leading to inferential errors. Others suggest complex solutions to the perceived problem that the intervals between the options for a Likert item are irregular and arbitrary (Albaum, 1997;Hodge & Gillespie, 2003 cover the range of responses (e.g., strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree) and checking the Likert scales for validity and reliability (Allen & Seaman, 2007).…”

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Depression explanatory models of primary care patients and doctors: Relationship with self-stigma, communication effectiveness, and recovery

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This thesis examines the role of patient and doctor perspectives in primary care depression management. The analytical term chosen to explore these perspectives is Kleinman's explanatory model (EM), defined as "notions about an episode of sickness and its treatment that are employed by all those engaged in the clinical process" (1980, p. 105). This research is exploratory and focuses mainly on patients, with input from a small number of general practitioners (GPs).I examine self-stigma in depression patients because there has been an attempt in recent years to reduce stigma by describing depression as a medical condition like diabetes. This may have decreased some public stigma, but the association between biomedical explanations for depression and patient self-stigma has not been studied in-depth. Self-stigma is the internalisation of negative stereotypes and prejudices about having mental illness and it can inhibit help-seeking and outcomes more than public stigma. Another factor that can influence depression outcomes is the therapeutic relationship between patient and their doctor. Studies report empathy and good communication as Quantitative analysis methods mainly consisted of non-parametric tests for differences between groups and strength of correlations. Interviews were analysed manually and with textual analysis software Leximancer.RQ1 results showed that most participants had a strong or moderate belief about whether biomedical and/or psychosocial factors caused their depression, and most EM beliefs did not change over time. RQ2 results indicated that biomedical belief was associated with lower helpseeking inhibition but also greater alienation. RQ3 results highlighted that endorsement of GPpatient cooperation was strongly positively correlated with communication effectiveness. Patient interviews yielded exemplars to illustrate these findings. RQ4 results from a paired study (n = 29) suggest that the GPs were aware of and concordant with their patient's EMs. Awareness appears to be more important in determining recovery than concordance. Incidentally, GP interviews showed that doctors mostly accorded importance to knowing their patient's EM but concordance was seen as less crucial.This thesis gives new understanding about depression EM beliefs that are associated with lower patient self-stigma and more effective GP-patient communication. Results from this research on awareness-concordance were not generalisable due to the small sample size, but future work with larger samples will undoubtedly yield more insights into the importance of EMs in primary care depression management.

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Phrase completions: An alternative to Likert scales

Cited by 134 publications

References 30 publications

Verificación de las condiciones psicométricas del Test de Orientación en la Vida (LOT-R) aplicado en población trabajadora Colombiana

Verificación de las condiciones psicométricas del Test de Orientación en la Vida (LOT-R) aplicado en población trabajadora Colombiana

Innovations in Measurement: Visual Analog Scales and Retrospective Pretest Self-Report Designs

Depression explanatory models of primary care patients and doctors: Relationship with self-stigma, communication effectiveness, and recovery

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