The Fuzziness of Verbal Response Scales:The STAI-T Questionnaire

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10.2991/eusflat.2011.36How to use a DOI?

Keywords

verbal response scale, parametric fuzzy membership function, translation procedure, STAI-T questionnaire

Abstract

In this paper we used a two-step procedure for the numerical translation of verbal frequency expressions of the response scale of a questionnaire (STAI-T). In an empirical study, 70 participants estimated numerical equivalents for verbal frequency expressions, data was modeled, and fuzzy membership functions were calculated. Results show that the scale's visual arrangement does not influence the interpretation of the words' meanings. We argue that traditional statistics are inappropriate for the analysis of verbal response data and demonstrate the alternative of fuzzy analysis, providing an example.

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© 2011, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Franziska Bocklisch
AU  - Steffen F. Bocklisch
AU  - Josef F. Krems
PY  - 2011/08
DA  - 2011/08
TI  - The Fuzziness of Verbal Response Scales:The STAI-T Questionnaire
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th conference of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT-11)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 592
EP  - 597
SN  - 1951-6851
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DO  - 10.2991/eusflat.2011.36
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