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Tony Podziemski

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Feb 19, 1994, 12:10:13 AM2/19/94
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In discussing Likert scales with professors, students and colleagues, I've
encountered several pronunciations of "Likert".

1. sounds like LIKE-ERT
2. sounds like LICK-ERT
3. sounds like LIKE-ART

I betting on 2, but not sure.

Tony Podziemski
Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology

Morris Lai

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Feb 19, 1994, 1:57:27 AM2/19/94
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Rensis Likert used to spend a bunch of time in Hawai'i. I did hear him
pronounce his own name as "lick-ert." Of course I don't know whether that
pronunciation was the way he preferred it be pronounced or whether he had
given up pronouncing it the "correct" way and was just giving in to a
popular pronunciation.

Morris K. Lai l...@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu
Curriculum Research & Development Group 808-956-7900
University of Hawai'i 808-956-4114 (FAX)
1776 University Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96822

Philip P. Kerstetter

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Feb 19, 1994, 8:44:31 AM2/19/94
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I use #1...

Phil Kerstetter
Edinboro University

Nancy C Zeller

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Feb 19, 1994, 11:29:26 AM2/19/94
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One of my students told me that Mr. Likert pronounced it "Lick-ert."

NANCY ZELLER, EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (EDZELLER@ECUVM1)

John Krumboltz

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Feb 21, 1994, 10:18:51 AM2/21/94
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On Sat, 19 Feb 1994, Tony Podziemski wrote:

> In discussing Likert scales with professors, students and colleagues, I've
> encountered several pronunciations of "Likert".
>
> 1. sounds like LIKE-ERT
> 2. sounds like LICK-ERT
> 3. sounds like LIKE-ART
>
> I betting on 2, but not sure.

My 90-year-old mother used to room with the woman who married
Rensis Likert. She says
LICK-ERT is correct, accent on the first syllable. John Krumboltz

Dr. Mitchell Jacobs

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Feb 22, 1994, 10:32:06 AM2/22/94
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> On Sat, 19 Feb 1994, Tony Podziemski wrote:
>
>> In discussing Likert scales with professors, students and colleagues, I've
>> encountered several pronunciations of "Likert".
>>
>> 1. sounds like LIKE-ERT
>> 2. sounds like LICK-ERT
>> 3. sounds like LIKE-ART
>>
>> I betting on 2, but not sure.
>
LICK-ERT is the correct pronounciation. I never knew where the other
pronounciation came from. I have had several professors who knew him
and worked with him and they always said it was "LICK-ERT"
mj

> My 90-year-old mother used to room with the woman who married
> Rensis Likert. She says
> LICK-ERT is correct, accent on the first syllable. John Krumboltz

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