How to Treat Likert Data as Ordinal Versus Interval? (2026 Guide)
Every researcher who has ever designed a survey has run into the same question: should you treat Likert data as ordinal versus interval? It is one of the most debated topics in social science statistics, psychology, marketing research, and any field that relies on attitude measurement. Dissertation advisors give conflicting advice, textbooks sometimes disagree, and … Read more