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Likert chart: a d3.chart.js answer to Ann Emery's Dataviz Challenge #5

A chart for 4-point Likert scale

A d3.chart.js answer to Ann K. Emery's Dataviz Challenge #5

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Order is changed

I changed the sequence of colors. Why i did it?

It's not based on any research data it is only my humble opinion...

I've been administering the so called Szondi test for years now. It is a projective psychological test designed by Leopold Szondi in the 30's of the XX century. During the test I ask people to pick out some photograph from a group of pictures according to whether they are attracted or repulsed by that very image. I don't ask them what exactly to do with the image I just ask them to put it aside. Positive choice is put to the right and the negative one to the left by the great majority of the people I examined...

So I think our positive answers or cues should be put on the right side...

What about labels?

Labels are not centered... It is a four-point scale so we usually call it a "forced choice" method. When evenly scaled Likert is used I think the answers are pushed towards the extremities... That's what I wanted to symbolize with the left/right aligned labels. ( and doing this way there was no any need to do extra calculation either...!-)