The following choices may help you when you design an attitude instrument. The bold face sets are the most popular.
AGREEMENT
| 
Strongly Agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree | 
Agree StronglyAgree ModeratelyAgree SlightlyDisagree SlightlyDisagree ModeratelyDisagree Strongly |  |  | 
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Agree Very StronglyAgree StronglyAgreeDisagreeDisagree StronglyDisagree Very Strongly |  | 
Completely AgreeMostly AgreeSlightly AgreeSlightly DisagreeMostly DisagreeCompletely Disagree | 
Disagree StronglyDisagreeTend to DisagreeTend to AgreeAgreeAgree Strongly | 
FREQUENCY
| 
Very FrequentlyFrequentlyOccasionallyRarely Very RarelyNever | 
Always Very FrequentlyOccasionally Rarely Very Rarely Never | 
AlwaysUsuallyAbout Half the TimeSeldomNever | 
Almost AlwaysTo a Considerable DegreeOccasionallySeldom | 
| 
A Great DealMuchSomewhatLittleNever | 
OftenSometimesSeldomNever | 
AlwaysVery OftenSometimesRarelyNever |  | 
IMPORTANCE
| 
Very Important Important Moderately Important Of Little Importance Unimportant | 
Very ImportantModerately ImportantUnimportant | 
Very ImportantImportantNeither Important or UnimportantUnimportantVery Unimportant | 
QUALITY
| 
Very GoodGoodBarely AcceptablePoorVery Poor | 
Extremely Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent |  | 
LIKELIHOOD
|  | 
To a Great ExtentSomewhatVery LittleNot at All |  | 
| 
DefinitelyVery ProbablyProbablyPossiblyProbably NotVery Probably Not | 
Almost Always True Usually True Often True Occasionally True Sometimes But Infrequently True Usually Not True Almost Never True | 
True of MyselfMostly True of MyselfAbout Halfway True of MyselfSlightly True Of MyselfNot at All True of Myself | 
Sample Front Page from an Instrument Using a Likert Scale…

Del Siegle, Ph.D.
Neag School of Education – University of Connecticut
del.siegle@uconn.edu
www.delsiegle.com
11/24/2010