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Concepts of building blocks of..

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Theory and represent points around which the research is conducted

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Measurements allow us to delineate fine differences between…

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People in term of the characteristics in question.

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Measurements allows to see consistency between other…

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Researchers and consistency over time

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Likert scale is the investigation of attitudes…

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In a prominent area in survey research

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Likert scale is essentially a multiple…

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Indicator or multiple item measure of a set of attitudes relating to specific ideas

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The goal of a likert scale is to…

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Goal is to measure intensity of feelings about the area in question. Each respondent reply in each item is scored on strength of emotion.

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Reliability refers to..

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Consistency of a measure of a concept

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Validity refers to

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The issue of whether an indicator that is devised to gauge a concept really measures that concept