Grouping Likert Scale responses to positive (agree) and negative (disagree)

1. Should Likert scale from positive to negative?
2. Is agree or disagree a Likert scale?
3. What is the best way to analyze Likert scale data?

Should Likert scale from positive to negative?

According to the Likert scale bias matrix, to keep the bias as low as possible in a vertical order, it appears best to place negative attitude options at the top of the scale and positive attitude options at the bottom of the scale.

Is agree or disagree a Likert scale?

When you tally up the responses across the items, that's a Likert Scale. (That's pronounced lick-ert, and has been called by Latham (2006) “among the most mispronounced in [his] field.”) The traditional Likert item has 5 choices: Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neither agree nor disagree | Agree | Strongly Agree.

What is the best way to analyze Likert scale data?

A Likert scale is composed of a series of four or more Likert-type items that represent similar questions combined into a single composite score/variable. Likert scale data can be analyzed as interval data, i.e. the mean is the best measure of central tendency. use means and standard deviations to describe the scale.