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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The degree to which a person states that he/she is likely to consume alcohol in the next year is measured with three, five-point items.
The extent to which a person feels he/she has used or consumed an adequate amount of a product in a particular instance is measured with ten, seven-point items.
With three Likert-type items, the scale measures a person’s belief that drinking alcohol in excess is not a behavior in which he/she desires to engage.
How much a person likes a beverage based on the way it looks and tastes is measured with four, seven-point items.
The scale has three, seven-point items that measure a person’s willingness to engage in behaviors that support the lowering of the minimum age to legally consumer alcoholic drinks.
The response a person has to an advertisement promoting responsible drinking is measured with three, seven-point items. Specifically, the scale focuses on the degree to which a person worries about the negative consequences that could be experienced if he/she drinks irresponsibly.
The scale measures a person's response to an advertisement promoting responsible drinking. Three, seven-point items are used to measure the likelihood a person will respond successfully to the ad by drinking responsibly.
How much a person likes a new food or beverage product and expects it to be successful when it goes on sale is measured with four, seven-point Likert-type items.
One's assessment of something that has been tasted is measured in this scale using three, nine-point items.
Composed of five, seven-point semantic differentials, this scale is intended to measure the desirability of a food to a person and his/her willingness to pay a lot for it. The items seem to be amenable for use with beverages as well.
