METODOLOGICZNE PROBLEMY ZASTOSOWANIA SKALI LIKERTA W BADANIACH POSTAW WOBEC BEZROBOCIA
METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF APPLICATION OF LIKERT SCALE

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is the analysis of the problems in the application of the Likert Scale in the studies devoted to work and unemployment. The first part discussed properties of Likert scale and phases of its preparation accepted in methodology of social researches. The second part presented the results of the concept and research work on the example of Skala Akceptacji Bezrobocia (SAB) [Unemployment Acceptance Scale]. The stages of construction of the scale, with particular attention to the components of a complex variable, were presented. Then, the results of the use of SAB. The results of research projects made by the author in 1998–2011 in Lublin province among students, entrepreneurs and employed persons were used as empirical material. Scale replication in five projects enabled the author to conduct the comparative analysis of the results. However, the major part of the deliberation was devoted to methodological problems referring to the design of the scale, the analysis of the data and the principles of the evaluation of the obtained results. It is a contribution to a discussion on the possibility to prepare the tools for measuring attitudes that could be applied repeatedly in sociological research.

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