Negative Stereotypes: Description Positive Attitudes

Each participant rated 4 healthcare and health related questions on a 1-5 scale (with 1 being very unlikely to 5 being very likely). Each rating was made on a 5 point scale, where lower values indicated more negative responses to each question, and higher values indicated more positive responses.

Participants responded to each of the 29 items on this questionnaire using a six-point Likert scale ranging from one (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree). Each of the twenty nine individual answers we added up and divided by the number of questions. Higher scores on the study indicated higher levels of happiness.

For each item in this section, circle the answer below the question which indicates how you perceive what is described, using the following scale: Strongly agree (SA) (1); Agree (A) (2); Disagree (D) (3); and Strongly disagree (SD) (4).

The version utilised was a 40-item, forced-choice, self-report questionnaire ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. A participant can score 0,1 or 2 on an item in the questionnaire; therefore the maximum score is eighty, see appendix …

were assessed. The five-item, Likert-type attitude scale explained 54% of the variance in attitude scores and

These three topics were then measured using a five-point scale (1 being strongly disagree and 5 being strongly agree) as well as other measures (source).

The Likert scale, a variation of the summated rating scale, is used to measure a participant’s attitude towards statements as either favorable or unfavorable (Cooper & Schindler, 2014, p.278). In this particular problem, my opinion of the educational degree program in which I am enrolled will be evaluated. Five response categories are being used in the survey, which includes Strongly Agree, Agree, Neither Agree or Disagree, Disagree, and Strongly Disagree. Each response will be valued with a number from 1-5, reflecting the degree of a participant’s positive or negative attitude. Normally, Strongly Agree (SA) represents the most positive attitude and has a scale value of 5, but there is an exception to this criterion if the statement is worded negatively. For example, questions a, d, and f below are considered to be negative statements. If a negative statement occurs, assigned numerical values are reversed to ensure consistent results, whereas a scale value of 5 represents the most negative attitude and a value of 1 is most positive (p. 278). Likert scales produce ordinal data, but not all in the world of research believe that these scales are used correctly. Some researchers/experts believe that ordinal data does not produce mean values as normal practice would suggest. As a result of this belief, drawn conclusions from Likert scales are skeptical in their minds and should be evaluated with caution.

Five-point Likert scale was used to in the design of the questionnaire, anchored from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). The plain language statement was provided in the front page of the questionnaire so that participant could understand the purpose of survey. It also gave them a quick idea of what the questionnaire is about.

followed with a discussion about the results at the lower end of the scale and potential factors for

The surveys asked the respondents to provide a rating for each question using the scale below:

The study participants responded from a scale of I-7, 1- strongly agree to 7- strongly disagree

The study identified that 20 percent of respondents agreed, 48.5 percent of respondents strongly agreed and 31.5 percent of respondents very strongly agreed with the

3,9% (3) of the participants strongly disagreed, 2,5% (2) of the participants disagreed, 3,9% (3) of the participants was neutral, 41,6% (32) of the participants agreed, and 48,1% (37) of the participants strongly agreed.

Twice a month students will take a survey that asks them to answer ranging questions from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree”, or “extremely well” to “not at all well”. Other questions may be true or false or ranked one

For the following questions, PLEASE tick (√) your answer according to the degree of your agreement. [e.g., 5 = ‘highly agree’, 4 = ‘moderately agree’, 3 = ‘agree’, 2 = ‘moderately disagree’, 1 =‘highly disagree’]