Evidence-based survey design with Likert scales. Y., Swanson, I., Roberts, K., & Kennedy, M. The researchers also presented the research findings at 2018 ISPI conference:Ĭhyung, S. WORC researchers who participated in this project are: Performance Improvement Journal, 57(9), 9 – 16. Evidence-based survey design: The use of ascending or descending order of Likert-type response options. The WORC team’s article has been published in the 2018 Volume 57: Issue 9 of Performance Improvement Journal:Ĭhyung, S. What evidence-based recommendations does the body of current research provide to the OPWL practitioners and researchers, regarding the use of ascending or descending order of Likert-type response options?.What impact does the order of Likert-type response options have on the quality of data obtained from the scale?.What types of response bias are known to show when using ascending or descending order of Likert-type response options?.One of the WORC teams worked on answering the following research questions: This simple change in the order can make a difference in your data. descending order (e.g., Strongly Agree, Somewhat Agree, Neutral, Somewhat Disagree, Strongly Disagree).ascending order (e.g., Strongly Disagree, Somewhat Disagree, Neutral, Somewhat Agree, Strongly Agree) or.When using Likert-type scales, you may list the response options in: Likert-type scales are ordinal scales where ordered categories are provided to respondents as options to choose from.