Analyzing ordinal scales in studies of virtual environments: Likert or lump it!

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 439-446

  Gardner, Henry J ^a   Martin, Michael A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34547667014     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.16.4.439     Document Type: Article

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