Is there a scientific justification for not using Five-point Likert Scale (Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree)?

03 January 2020 1 5K Report

I need to know the logical reasons do not use Five-point Likert Scale? And when can we use it? What is the alternative scale for it? With a quotation from a scientific source

Karl Pfeifer

Here are some websites or articles that address issues & problems:

https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1821&context=commpapers
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4833473/
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0860/7364/files/Leadership-IQ-Whitepaper_Why-5-Point-Scales-Dont-Work.pdf
https://psyc450.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/the-likert-scale-advantages-and-disadvantages/
http://hosted.jalt.org/test/PDF/Brown7.pdf

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