UX Lex

An evolving, interactive glossary of UX research terms.

It's ironic. Those of us who work in UX, user researchers included, aspire to create terrific user experiences. That’s what we do. But what we have done with our own terminology is to create a mess. Eighty UXers from around the globe began to address that problem in September 2019. Here is a sneak peek of that work. More details, and full credits, to come. Sign up here to get weekly terms in your inbox >>

 

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Likert Scale
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Likert Scale

The Likert Scale is named after its inventor, psychologist Rensis Likert. It was originally a 5 or 7 point survey scale used to measure variations of attitude, perception…

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