In describing measures used in their research, authors frequently report having adapted a
scale, indicating that they changed something about it. Although such changes can raise …

Figural drawing scales are commonly used to measure aspects of body image disturbance.
There are several advantages to figural drawing scales including ease and flexibility in …

Synthesizing the literature from the survey and measurement fields, this book explains how
to develop closed-response survey scales that will accurately capture such constructs as …

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Likert scales are used to make relative and absolute judgments about measures of attitude.
Despite its ubiquitous use, only few studies have investigated the effects of altering the …

This study describes the development and validation of a new and improved body‐image
assessment tool, the BIAS‐BD, based on known body dimensions. The scale's construction …

Survey designers should be aware of response‐order effects associated with left‐side
selection bias, acquiescence bias, and satisficing. A sufficient amount of research has …

The Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale (CES-D) is one of the five most
frequently used measures of depressive experiences. Previous research has suggested that …

There are numerous ways of displaying Likert‐type scales but only a few investigators have
investigated these differences systematically. In this study we report the results that we found …

Live music-making using interactive systems is not completely amenable to traditional HCI
evaluation metrics such as task-completion rates. In this paper we discuss quantitative and …