Advantages and Disadvantages of Linkert Survey

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Customer survey is one of the toughest and mind boggling task many fear doing, especially those who provide services to customers. There have been debates on the best method to be used in ensuring that the survey is accurate. Different methods have been proposed concerning the accuracy of some of the methods used, and no proper consensus reached on the method to use. Different business uses different methods, but in the recent past many surveys have been done using the Likert Scale Questionnaire Method. This technique has been found to boost the level of accuracy because it is a psychometric tool. Likert Scale measures attitudes, beliefs, and opinions by allowing those surveyed to indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement in a multiple choice formats (Likert, 1932). Even though very difficult to construct, there have been positive comments about its accuracy. Likert Scaling is also praised on its ease with data interpretation and computing (LaMarca, 2011), making Likert Scaling the best option to be used by many businesses trying to find out what the customers think of their operation. With all talks and debates about Likert Scaling, it is important to see how it is used in a survey by analyzing how to construct its can be properly constructed.
Any survey involving Likert Scaling should start with main theme formulation. For example, what the survey is trying to find. A well formulated theme will help in formulating good question for the survey (Allen and Seaman, 2007). For example, one want to find what the customer feels about their service delivery, the survey question should be formulated towards this theme. The theme is not stated, but from reading the set of question asked one can tell the intention of ...

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4. Are you satisfied with the availability of equipment in this clinic o Very poor o Poor o Adequate o Well o Very well
5. How do you rate the overall performance of the clinic o Very poor o Poor o Adequate o Satisfactory o Very satisfactory

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