Having viewed some of the highly edited videotaped material of Terri Schiavo and having seen other patients in a persistent vegetative state, I am not surprised that family members and others unfamiliar with this condition would interpret some of her apparent alertness and movement as meaningful.
A Likert Scale is a type of psychometric scale frequently used in psychology questionnaires. It was developed by and named after organizational psychologist Rensis Likert. Self-report inventories are one of the most widely used tools in psychological research.
Written By: Likert scale, rating system, used in questionnaires, that is designed to measure peopleâs attitudes, opinions, or perceptions. Subjects choose from a range of possible responses to a specific question or statement; responses typically include âstrongly agree,â âagree,â âneutral,â âdisagree,â and âstrongly disagree.â