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
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- Agree Strongly
- Agree Moderately
- Agree Slightly
- Disagree Slightly
- Disagree Moderately
- Disagree Strongly
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- Agree Very Strongly
- Agree Strongly
- Agree
- Disagree
- Disagree Strongly
- Disagree Very Strongly
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- Completely Agree
- Mostly Agree
- Slightly Agree
- Slightly Disagree
- Mostly Disagree
- Completely Disagree
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- Disagree Strongly
- Disagree
- Tend to Disagree
- Tend to Agree
- Agree
- Agree Strongly
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FREQUENCY
- Very Frequently
- Frequently
- Occasionally
- Rarely
- Very Rarely
- Never
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- Always
- Very Frequently
- Occasionally
- Rarely
- Very Rarely
- Never
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- Always
- Usually
- About Half the Time
- Seldom
- Never
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- Almost Always
- To a Considerable Degree
- Occasionally
- Seldom
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- A Great Deal
- Much
- Somewhat
- Little
- Never
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- Often
- Sometimes
- Seldom
- Never
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- Always
- Very Often
- Sometimes
- Rarely
- Never
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IMPORTANCE
- Very Important
- Important
- Moderately Important
- Of Little Importance
- Unimportant
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- Very Important
- Moderately Important
- Unimportant
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- Very Important
- Important
- Neither Important or Unimportant
- Unimportant
- Very Unimportant
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QUALITY
- Very Good
- Good
- Barely Acceptable
- Poor
- Very Poor
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- Extremely Poor
- Below Average
- Average
- Above Average
- Excellent
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LIKELIHOOD
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- To a Great Extent
- Somewhat
- Very Little
- Not at All
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- Definitely
- Very Probably
- Probably
- Possibly
- Probably Not
- Very Probably Not
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- Almost Always True
- Usually True
- Often True
- Occasionally True
- Sometimes But Infrequently True
- Usually Not True
- Almost Never True
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- True of Myself
- Mostly True of Myself
- About Halfway True of Myself
- Slightly True Of Myself
- Not at All True of Myself
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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