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Survey Data

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Data Modeling

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How to model Likert scale data

A Likert scale is a rating scale used to measure survey participants’ opinions, attitudes, motivations, and more. It uses a range of answer options ranging from one extreme attitude to another, sometimes including a moderate or neutral option. However, 4- to 7-point scales are the most popular.

The Likert scale is ordinal, but if we assume that the distance between each point is equal, we can treat it as interval data, i.e. the values are evenly spaced.