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“Should I do a factor analysis?”
The following set of questions was sent to me by email from a colleague in a university in the Gulf: I am conducting a research where I am trying to compare expectations of the teachers and expectations of the students about English studies under five different categories. The questions are designed differently, but mostly on…
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How to summarise Likert scale data using SPSS
If you want to convert multiple Likert item scores in a combined scale, here’s one way to do it using SPSS.
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Dependent and independent variables, using SPSS, and minding one’s manners
This post will teach you three things: how to tell dependent and independent variables apart; how to calculate correlations; and how not to piss me off.
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On Likert scales, levels of measurement and nuanced understandings
I have found it moderately bemusing that my post on Likert scales has received so much attention, considering that I had only intended to mention statistics in passing, in order to make what I perceived to be a more broadly relevant remark. Because my authorial intention was not to educate readers in statistics, the views I expressed in that…
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How to interpret ordinal data
Let’s assume that you have prepared a questionnaire, where respondents had to select among responses ranging from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree”. For convenience, you have probably followed the established practice of replacing these responses with numbers: “1” for “strongly disagree”, “2” for “agree” and so on. How do you go about analysing these data?
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Mid-points, central tendencies and statistical significance in Likert scales
When your questionnaire uncovers differences in the ways people have responded, how do you know of these mean something, or if they are due to chance?