Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fATF8k028238; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:08:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:08:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <126.7f687bd.2937a88c@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AWilder106@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3472] Re: likert scales for low-literacy readers X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Mac - Post-GM sub 146 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 417 Lines: 12 Holly, The normal distrubution is made-up. Having answers cluster at either end of a likert scale is completely OK. There are a lot of issues around the "normal" distrubtion. Others more test savvy can probably fill in with more info. Example: a lot of consternation at Harvard about grade inflation. Who knows, it is possible for all students to get A's, it doesn't have to be "grade inflation." Andrea
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