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  • 1.  Reference material for likert scale questionnaire data analysis

    Posted 11-02-2016 02:46
    I am looking for any material that I can refer to which gives guidelines on how to analyse questionnaire data measured on likert scale. I am using SPSS version 20 (IBM). 


  • 2.  RE: Reference material for likert scale questionnaire data analysis

    Posted 11-03-2016 09:29

    Kudakwashe,

     

    I use divergent bar charts to show results. I posed a "how-to" question to the JMP community and got a number of suggestions. I use the "buffered" approach discussed in one of the response. The link to my question and the responses is given below:

     

    https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Anyone-know-how-to-create-divergent-bar-chart-for-Likert-scale/td-p/12898

     

    I know that R has at least one package (e.g., likert) that can do divergent bar charts, but I did not find it easy to customize some of the labeling. Probably more of a reflection of my poor R coding than anything to do with the package.

     

    I also found the reference below which specifically mentions SPSS.

     

    http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/25109/visualizing-likert-responses-using-r-or-spss

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Bruce White

     

    Senior Statistician

    (651) 795-6534

    Bruce.white@ecolab.com

     




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  • 3.  RE: Reference material for likert scale questionnaire data analysis

    Posted 11-03-2016 16:33

    https://statistics.laerd.com/spss-tutorials/principal-components-analysis-pca-using-spss-statistics.php

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    Samantha Chiu
    Data Analyst
    Booz Allen Hamilton

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  • 4.  RE: Reference material for likert scale questionnaire data analysis

    Posted 11-04-2016 14:10
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    I'm attaching a handout I once made for a quick-and-dirty scale analysis. Some citations can be provided, but this is just a crib sheet. It's far from refined. In response to one post, most applied psychometricians would steer you towards doing an EFA rather than a PCA to investigate structure. This has historically been a bit of a hot-button issue, but I'll stand by my statement. 

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    Robert Pearson
    Asst. Professor
    Grand Valley State University

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  • 5.  RE: Reference material for likert scale questionnaire data analysis

    Posted 11-07-2016 10:22

    Here are some resources that I found when asking the same question.

    Analyzing Likert Data https://www.joe.org/joe/2012april/pdf/JOE_v50_2tt2.pdf

    Some Common Approaches for Analyzing Likert Scales and Other Categorical Data

    Statistical Tests in SPSS

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    Keisha Brown
    Assistant Professor of Mathematics
    Perimeter College at Georgia State University

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