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…
![About Me… A Pre-Type III Assessment Survey [Grade: 4 5 6 (circle one)] [Sex: Male Female (circle one)] This is a checklist to find out more about you. Some of the sentences describe you better than others. Read each sentence and indicate how much it is like by putting an X in the box that best describes you. In the example below, the person indicated the sentence was Seldom like him or her. There are no right or wrong answers. Your answers will kept secret. Remember to make one for each sentence. [Likert Scale are: Never like me, Seldom like me, About half of the time like me, Usually like me, Always like me] Example: I have taught myself a lot of different things. [X on Seldom like me] 1. I know when someone is happy. 2. When I believe I am right, I am not afraid to let people know what I think.](https://researchbasics-education.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1215/2015/06/AboutMe.jpg)
Del Siegle, Ph.D.
Neag School of Education – University of Connecticut
del.siegle@uconn.edu
11/24/2010