This scales book is a classic in psychometrics. It is instrumental for survey researchers in the fields of advertising, marketing, consumer psychology, and other related fields that rely largely on attitudinal measures. My copy has gotten me through years of field research by helping provide testable, reliable scales.
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Three, seven-point Likert-type items measure a consumer’s belief that he/she has the power to handle and use an object as desired.
Four, seven-point items are used to measure the motivation a person has to be free to make his/her own choices and not be controlled.
The scale uses four Likert-type items to measure how much a person believes that another person does not legally own a certain item but is engaging in behaviors that seem to signal that he/she does.
This scale has six, seven-point Likert-type items that measure a person’s belief that people can make a new beginning with hope of a better life, despite his/her past or present circumstances.
How much one wants to be in control of his/her life, most particularly his/her job, is measured with three, seven-point Likert-type items.
A person’s belief that he/she was able to get others to do what was wanted in a certain situation is measured with six, seven-point Likert-type items.
Composed of five, five-point items, the scale measures a person’s belief that he/she is burdened with personal financial instability as well as uncertainty and, because of that, not able to enjoy life.
The extent to which a person believes that he/she was able to control the level of privacy experienced in a particular situation is measured using four, seven-point, Likert-type items.
The degree to which a person believes a particular website has interactive features which allow him/her to customize information is measured in this Likert scale with three, five-point items.
A person’s confidence in his/her ability to accomplish financial goals is measured with seven Likert items.
