Having viewed some of the highly edited videotaped material of Terri Schiavo and having seen other patients in a persistent vegetative state, I am not surprised that family members and others unfamiliar with this condition would interpret some of her apparent alertness and movement as meaningful.
A Likert Scale is a type of psychometric scale frequently used in psychology questionnaires. It was developed by and named after organizational psychologist Rensis Likert. Self-report inventories are one of the most widely used tools in psychological research.
If youâre trying to measure someoneâs attitudes or behaviors, a Likert scale is one of the most popular (and reliable) ways to do so. A Likert scale measures attitudes and behaviors using answer choices that range from one extreme to another (for example, not at all likely to extremely likely).