Question

A questionnaire included "During my hospital stay, staff were respectful of my needs as an individual." Participants were asked to indicate, on a 5-point scale, the degree to which they agreed or disagreed with the statement. This question represents:___________

Answer 1

Answer: An item on likert scale. It expresses viewpoints (ITEMS)

Explanation: Likert scale is a psychometric scale used in questionnaires, allowing respondents to specify their level of agreement or disagreement on a symmetric scale. Often found on survey forms, that measures how people feel about something.

Answer 2

an item on a Likert scale

Step-by-step explanation:

In a Likert scale is the method by which a scale emerges from the collection of responses in a questionnaire. Each response of a question is answerable through a scale generally of five choices. Generally the choices are strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree and strongly disagree.

Each question is called a Likert item.

Hence, here the question represents an item on a Likert scale.