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Re: st: 1-4 scale
From
David Hoaglin <[email protected]>
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[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: 1-4 scale
Date
Sun, 5 Aug 2012 11:57:40 -0400
Dear Ebru,
People often analyze data from Likert scales as equally spaced, so you
can use each of the eight items in your model as a numerical variable,
with values 1 to 4. You simply need to be aware that you are treating
the four categories as equally spaced.
Earlier you asked about centering those variables. Centering will do
no harm. As far as the model is concerned, it affects only the
definition of the intercept. If you do decide to "center" the
variables, you may want to use one of the four values. If the data on
an item are not concentrated at one end, you could use 2 or 3 or
perhaps 2.5 as the centering constant. (In a 5-point Likert scale
with a neutral category at 3, using 3 would often be a reasonable
choice.)
When you have the results from the model with the eight separate
items, you may want to see whether the coefficients for the four items
within a heading are similar. If they are, and it makes sense, you
could consider replacing those four items with their sum (or average)
--- a composite score.
David Hoaglin
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Ebru Ozturk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear David,
>
> I use tobit estimation. If I enter each item (8) in the question (objectives of innovation) into the model without changing their values, leaving them as they are (1 to 4), does it work? Because sometimes tobit can create problems if it has many variables in the model.
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