Editing Likert scale (section)

== Pronunciation ==

[[Rensis Likert]], the developer of the scale, pronounced his name {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɪ|k|ər|t}} {{respell|LIK|ərt}}.<ref>{{cite book |first=Earl R. |last=Babbie |year=2005 |title=The Basics of Social Research |page=174 |location=Belmont, CA |publisher=Thomson Wadsworth |isbn=978-0-534-63036-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1 = Meyers |first1 = Lawrence S. |first2=Anthony |last2=Guarino |first3=Glenn |last3=Gamst |title = Applied Multivariate Research: Design and Interpretation |url = https://archive.org/details/appliedmultivari00meye |url-access = limited |publisher = Sage Publications |year = 2005 |page=[https://archive.org/details/appliedmultivari00meye/page/n27 20] |isbn=978-1-4129-0412-4 }}</ref>  (That is, LICK-ert, as opposed to LIKE-ert.) Some have claimed that Likert's name "is among the most mispronounced in [the] field",<ref>{{cite book |last=Latham |first=Gary P. |title=Work Motivation: History, Theory, Research, And Practice |url=https://archive.org/details/workmotivationhi00lath |url-access=limited |location=Thousand Oaks, Calif. |publisher=Sage Publications |year=2006 |page=[https://archive.org/details/workmotivationhi00lath/page/n49 15] |isbn=978-0-7619-2018-2 }}</ref> because many people pronounce the name of the scale as {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|aɪ|k|ər|t}} {{respell|LY|kərt}}.