This scales book is a classic in psychometrics. It is instrumental for survey researchers in the fields of advertising, marketing, consumer psychology, and other related fields that rely largely on attitudinal measures. My copy has gotten me through years of field research by helping provide testable, reliable scales.
inspiration
The extent to which a person feels astonishment and wonder after viewing an advertisement is measured with three, seven-point items.
The five-item Likert-scale measures a motivational state in which a customer’s imagination is stimulated by an evocative external stimulus. In a consumer context, the inspiration is assumed to come from marketing activity although it is not stated in the items themselves.
The degree to which a customer is motivated by a stimulus (unspecified) toward the pursuit of a consumption-related goal is measured with a five-item Likert scale. In a consumer context, the inspiration comes from some type of marketing activity and, as stated in the items, stimulates a purchase motivation.
How much a person experienced something that inspired him/her to do something is measured with four, seven-point items. As phrased, this scale is general and could be applied in a wide variety of contexts where the focus is on a temporary state a person has experienced rather than an enduring trait.
