Open AccessLa medida de las actitudes usando las técnicas de Likert y de diferencial semántico
Author(s) -
Julián López García,
T. Román Galán
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
enseñanza de las ciencias/enseñanza de las ciencias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.495
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2174-6486
pISSN - 0212-4521
DOI - 10.5565/rev/ensciencias.4122
Subject(s) - likert scale , semantic differential , psychology , humanities , mathematics , social psychology , developmental psychology , philosophy
We have established a comparison between two popular methods to assess the attitude toward experimental sciences: The summated rating method, generally known as the Likert scale; and the semantic differential method. This study is carried out with university students of chemistry and high school students, finding that both attitude measuring techniques are equally suitable in our educative system. Moreover, the sex variable is not significant.