
Likert’s Interval or Ordinal?
One thing that can be very confusing is why the Likert scales appear to be ordinal but are almost always used as interval levels of measurement. As Wikipedia describes it: “While a Likert scale is indeed ordinal, if well presented it may nevertheless approximate an interval-level measurement” (“Likert Scale,” 2021, Scoring and Analysis section, para. … Continue reading Likert’s Interval or Ordinal?