Most developed Western countries set the age of 60 to 65 for retirement. Being 60â65 years old is usually a requirement for becoming eligible for senior social programs. However, various countries and societies consider the onset of old age as anywhere from the mid-40s to the 70s.
Ordinal Scale Measures in terms of such values as more or less, larger or. smaller, but without specifying the size of the intervals. Example: rating scales, ranking scales, Likert-type scales. Interval Scale Measures in terms of equal intervals or degrees of. difference but without a true zero point.
Creating Items to Use in a Likert Scale. 1  Select a group of judges to score the items. 2  Sum the item scores given by the judges. 3  Calculate intercorrelations between paired items. 4  Eliminate items that have a low correlation between the summed scores.