Developed in the early 1900s by Rensis Likert (pronounced "lick-urt"), Likert scales have gained widespread use in surveys.
It is the most common method for analyzing scale responses. In a Likert question, people rate how much they agree or disagree with a series of statements using a symmetrical agree/disagree scale.
The range represents how intense their feelings are toward a particular item. It is possible to construct a scale by combining the answers to the questionnaire over the whole scale's range.
By doing so, Likert scaling assumes that distances between each Anchor/option are equal; otherwise, the values cannot be regarded as interval data.
Below are some popular Likert-type scales that you can use in your SnowHR Performance Review Forms, Engagement Surveys, Pulse Surveys, and other questionnaires
1. Totally unacceptable
2. Unacceptable
3. Slightly unacceptable
4. Neutral
5. Slightly acceptable
6. Acceptable
7. Perfectly Acceptable
1. Absolutely inappropriat
2. Inappropriate
3. Slightly inappropriate
4. Neutral
5. Slightly appropriate
6. Appropriate
7. Absolutely appropriate
1. Not at all important
2. Low importance
3. Slightly important
4. Neutral
5. Moderately important
6. Very important
7. Extremely important
1. Strongly disagree
2. Disagree
3. Somewhat disagree
4. Neither agree or disagree
5. Somewhat agree
6. Agree
7. Strongly agree
1. Never true
2. Rarely true
3. Sometimes but infrequently true
4. Neutral
5. Sometimes true
6. Usually true
7. Always true
1. Very untrue of me
2. Untrue of me
3. Somewhat untrue of me
4. Neutral
5. Somewhat true of me
6. True of me
7. Very true of me
1. Very untrue of what I believe
2. Untrue of what I believe
3. Somewhat untrue of what I believe
4. Neutral
5. Somewhat true of what I believe
6. True of what I believe
7. Very true of what I believe
1. Not a priority
2. Low priority
3. Somewhat priority
4. Neutral
5. Moderate Priority
6. High priority
7. Essential priority
1. Not a priority
2. Low priority
3. Medium priority
4. High priority
5. Essential
1. Not at all concerned
2. Slightly concerned
3. Somewhat concerned
4. Moderately concerned
5. Extremely concerned
1. Not at all a problem
2. Minor problem
3. Moderate problem
4. Serious problem
1. Very undesirable
2. Undesirable
3. Neutral
4. Desirable
5. Very desirable
1. No, and not considered
2. No, but considered
3. Yes
1. Never
2. Rarely
3. Sometimes
4. Often
5. Always
1. No affect
2. Minor affect
3. Neutral
4. Moderate affect
5. Major affect
1. Never
2. Rarely
3. Occasionally
4. A moderate amount
5. A great deal
1. Would not consider
2. Might or might not consider
3. Definitely consider
1. Never
2. Almost never
3. Occasionally/Sometimes
4. Almost every time
5. Every time
1. Strongly oppose
2. Somewhat oppose
3. Neutral
4. Somewhat favor
5. Strongly favor
1. Never use
2. Almost never
3. Occasionally/Sometimes
4. Almost every time
5. Frequently use
1. Not probable
2. Somewhat improbable
3. Neutral
4. Somewhat probable
5. Very probable
1. Not at all familiar
2. Slightly familiar
3. Somewhat familiar
4. Moderately familiar
5. Extremely familiar
1. Strongly disagree
2. Disagree
3. Neither agree or disagree
4. Agree
5. Strongly Agree
1. Not at all aware
2. Slightly aware
3. Somewhat aware
4. Moderately aware
5. Extremely aware
1. Very difficult
2. Difficult
3. Neutral
4. Easy
5. Very easy
1. Extremely unlikely
2. Unlikely
3. Neutral
4. Likely
5. Extremely likely
1. Not at all satisfied
2. Slightly satisfied
3. Moderately satisfied
4. Very satisfied
5. Extremely satisfied
1. Completely dissatisfied
2. Mostly dissatisfied
3. Somewhat dissatisfied
4. Neither satisfied or dissatisfied
5. Somewhat satisfied
6. Mostly satisfied
7. Completely satisfied
1. Poor
2. Fair
3. Good
4. Very good
5. Excellent
1. Detracted very little
2.
3. Neutral
4.
5. Detracted very much
1. Very negative
2.
3. Neutral
4.
5. Very positive
1. Much worse
2. Somewhat worse
3. About the same
4. Somewhat better
5. Much better
1. Not a barrier
2. Somewhat of a barrier
3. Moderate barrier
4. Extreme barrier
1. Not at all responsible
2. Somewhat responsible
3. Mostly responsible
4. Completely responsible
1. Very dissatisfied
2. Dissatisfied
3. Unsure
4. Satisfied
5. Very satisfied
1. Not at all influential
2. Slightly influential
3. Somewhat influential
4. Very influential
5. Extremely influential
FREQUENCY
Very Frequently Frequently Occasionally Rarely Very Rarely Never | Always Very Frequently Occasionally Rarely Very Rarely Never | Always Usually About Half the Time Seldom Never | Always Very Often Sometimes Rarely Never |
A Great Deal Much Somewhat Little Never | Often Sometimes Rarely Never | Almost Always To a Considerable Degree Occasionally Seldom |
IMPORTANCE
Very Important Important Occasionally Moderately Important Slightly Important Not Important | Very Important Moderately Frequently Not Important | Not Important At All Of Little Importance Of Average Importance Very Important Absolutely Essential |
QUALITY
Very Good Good Acceptable Poor Very Poor | Very Good Below Average Average Above Average Excellent | Good Fair Poor |
LIKELIHOOD
Like Me Not Like Me | To a Great Extent Somewhat Very Little Not at All | True False |
Definitely Very Probably Probably Possibly Probably Not Definitely Not | Almost Always True Usually True Often True Occasionally True Rarely True Usually Not True Almost Never True | Not likely Somewhat likely Very likely |
DICHOTOMOUS SCALES
Fair Unfair | Agree Disagree | True False | Yes No |
THREE-POINT SCALES
More than I would like About right Less than I would like | Too Harsh About right Too Lenient | Too Strict About right Too Lenient |
Too heavy About Right Too light | Too much About right Too little | Extremely Moderately Not at all |
FOUR-POINT SCALES
Most of the time Some of the time Seldom Never | Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree | Definitely won’t Probably won’t Probably will Definitely will |
FIVE-POINT SCALES
Much better Somewhat better Stayed the same Somewhat worse Much worse | Strongly Agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree | Very High Above Average Average Average Very Low |
Excellent Above Average Average Below Average Very Poor | Very good Good Fair Poor Very poor | Much higher Higher About the same Lower Much lower |
Almost always Often Sometimes Seldom Never | Extremely Very Moderately Slightly Not at all | Very satisfied Satisfied Neither Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied |