As a researcher, it's important to use validated scales to ensure reliability and improve interpretation of research results. The Marketing Scales database provides an easy, unified source to find and reference scales, including information on reliability and validity.
goals
Three, seven-point Likert-type items measure how much a person believes that entities outside of him- or herself control outcomes.
The degree to which a person believes that he/she has the necessary resources to produce particular outcomes is measured with three, seven-point Likert-type items.
With five, nine-point Likert-type items, the scale measures how much a consumer believes that every unit of a particular branded product performs the same way as the other units of the product and with the same goal.
With three questions and a seven-point response format, the scale measures how important it was to increase gains when making a particular financial decision.
How important it was to a person to avoid potential losses when making a particular financial decision is measured with three questions and a seven-point response format.
The scale measures how much an app helps a person feel more confident about pursuing a particular set of goals. Three, nine-point items compose the scale.
The scale measures the degree to which a person’s motivation with regard to self-improvement is more about accomplishing a goal rather than the activities performed to reach it. Five, nine-point Likert-type items compose the scale.
Using five, nine-point items, the scale measures how much a person’s motivation with regard to self-improvement depends more on the activities performed along the way than reaching the goal itself.
The scale uses four, seven-point items to measure how much a person expresses a chronic motivation after having achieved a short-term goal to take advantage of behavior that is inconsistent with a long-term goal.
Six, seven-point items are used to measure chronic behavior emphasizing self-regulation in which a person, after achieving a short-term goal, is motivated to forego short-term rewards that are inconsistent with a long-term goal.
