The Thurstone scale is a method developed by psychologist Louis L. Thurstone to quantitatively measure attitudes and opinions. It uses a series of agree-disagree statements of varying weights to determine not only a student's feelings but the strength of those feelings on a topic. Teachers can use the Thurstone scale to gauge sentiment more accurately by measuring affective learning outcomes. Responses are scored from 0 to 11 with higher scores indicating stronger support for a view.

1. Thurstone
Scale

2. What is it?

3. THURSTONE SCALE
 Thurstone scale is one of Thurstone's 3
different scales
 It is the method of equal-appearing
intervals, reason why it is often called as
"equal-appearing interval scale"
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4. THURSTONE SCALE
 It is the first formal method of measuring
attitude both in psychology and sociology.
 It is made to provide a more precise and
quantitative way to understand and compare
individuals' opinions, making them valuable
tools in fields such as psychology, market
research, and sociology.
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5. Who constructed it?

6. THURSTONE SCALE
 Thurstone scale was developed by
the psychologist Louis L. Thurstone
 He created it on the 20th to
measure people's attitude and
opinions on various subjects.
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7. What is it
originally for?

8. THURSTONE SCALE
Originally, Thurstone scale was
used to measure attitudes towards
religion but is later used in the
application of sociology and
psychology
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9. How can it measure
the affective
learning outcome?

10. THURSTONE SCALE
The Thurstone scale measures a student’s affective
learning outcome by using a series of “agree-
disagree” statements of various weights. These
statements help determine not only how a student
feels, but how strongly they feel that way. By
measuring attitude with the Thurstone scale,
teachers can gauge the sentiment or opinion of their
students with greater accuracy.
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11. Example of a
Thurstone Scale

12. Attitudes of Students Towards Online Class
Statements Agree Disagree
1 Online classes are useful
2 Zoom online class is better than google meet
3 Network issue is a major problem in online class
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4 There are security issues with the zoom meeting
app
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Online class is better than classroom teaching

13. How can its
result be
interpreted?

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THURSTONE SCALE
“Each “agree” answer must be assigned a
score between 1 to 11, each “disagree” answer
must be assigned a score of 0. The final score
of each respondent’s quiz represents the
strength of their opinion. The higher the
score, the more supportive their opinion.

15. Thank
you!
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16. Group
members
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