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direct attitude measure

direct attitude measure

any procedure for assessing attitudes that requires a person to provide a report of his or her attitude. Traditional approaches to attitude measurement, such as the Likert scale, semantic differential, and Thurstone attitude scales, are examples of direct attitude measures. See also explicit attitude measure; implicit attitude measure. Compare indirect attitude measure.

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