Essay On The Likert Scale And The Stapel Scale

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When a group or organization needs to conduct research, they can utilize the effectiveness of a well-organized but yet simple questionnaire or scale. This simple approach will help answer many questions that the group or organization is looking to explore. Even though I mentioned simple questionnaire, putting one of these questionnaires or scale together involves using different techniques and approaches to effectively interpret each and every response. The following examples of scales are just a few of the many different ways a group or organization may conduct their marketing research. These examples are the Likert Scale, Semantic Differential Scale, and the Stapel Scale.
I will first talk about the Likert Scale. The Likert Scale is a really popular type of questionnaire that’s used in the educational world. It was developed by Rensis Likert, whom was an educator and a psychologist. Ever since the creation of this scale, there have been many different versions based on the number of points in the scale. The Likert Scale can be four-point, five-point, six-point, and so on. The even-numbered scale mostly makes the respondent choose, whereas the odd-numbered scale provides the option for indecision or neutrality. Having indecisiveness or neutrality can make this type of questionnaire less effective in trying to find a definite answer to your research.
The second type of questionnaire or scale is the Semantic Differential Scale. This type of questionnaire was developed by Charles Osgood in 1957 and it is used to measure the meaning of concepts, opinions and attitudes. This type of scale is a bit unusual as it is formed with paired words that are most of the time their opposites. Since it is considered a bit unusual, this type of s...

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...l Scale, and it can be used as an alternative to the Semantic Differential Scale.
Concluding my research, if I were to choose between a type of questionnaire or scale, I would probably choose to use the Stapel Scale. From what I’ve seen during my research, I have noticed that most of the marketing research being conducted does not use this type of questionnaire. The reason for researchers not choosing this type is because of the instructions and the formatting looking too complex. I think that because of its ability to analyze data just like the Semantic Differential Scale and compute overall attitude scores by summing ratings on individual items makes this more intriguing to me. Having personally taken all of these types of questionnaires in my life, I have always found the Stapel Scale more effective in providing me with a more definite answer to the research.

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