The Analysis of Likert Scales Using State Multipoles: An Application of Quantum Methods to Behavioral Sciences Data

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-101

  Camparo, James ^a   Camparo, Lorinda B ^a  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

lay theories; Likert scales; ordered categorical data; prejudice; probability distributions; quantum psychometrics; summated scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871667546     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998611431084     Document Type: Article

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