PSYCHOLOGIST

Rensis Likert

1903 - 1981

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Rensis Likert ( LIK-ərt; August 5, 1903 – September 3, 1981) was an American organizational and social psychologist known for developing the Likert scale, a psychometrically sound scale based on responses to multiple questions. The scale has become a method to measure people's thoughts and feelings from opinion surveys to personality tests. Likert also founded the theory of participative management, which is used to engage employees in the workplace. Likert's contributions in psychometrics, research samples, and open-ended interviewing have helped form and shape social and organizational psychology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rensis Likert is the 168th most popular psychologist (down from 148th in 2019), the 4,528th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,232nd in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Rensis Likert ranks 168 out of 235. Before him are Walter Mischel, Brenda Milner, Harry Harlow, Arnold Gesell, Henri Nouwen, and Emma Eckstein. After him are Dimitri Uznadze, Reuven Feuerstein, James Hillman, Edgar Rubin, Henry Murray, and Carol Dweck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Rensis Likert ranks 163. Before him are Matvey Blanter, Hans Litten, Issa Pliyev, Candido Portinari, Bertrand de Jouvenel, and Vincent Richards. After him are Bix Beiderbecke, Guillermo Subiabre, Hans Hedtoft, Ivar Johansson, Louis Seigner, and Felice Bonetto. Among people deceased in 1981, Rensis Likert ranks 117. Before him are Roman Rudenko, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Harry Harlow, Mostafa Chamran, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, and Chief Dan George. After him are D. R. Bendre, Mario Camerini, Ivan Eklind, Ricardo Wolf, Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia, and Josef Silný.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rensis Likert ranks 4,528 out of 20,380. Before him are Leo Penn (1921), Morgan Robertson (1861), Michael H. Hart (1932), Doug Russell (1946), Paul Romer (1955), and Lenny Bruce (1925). After him are Andrea Dworkin (1946), Jason Alexander (1959), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), Seymour Cassel (1935), Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), and Tom Atkins (1935).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Rensis Likert ranks 57. Before him are Arthur Janov (1924), Michael Gazzaniga (1939), James J. Gibson (1904), Stanley Schachter (1922), Harry Harlow (1905), and Arnold Gesell (1880). After him are James Hillman (1926), Henry Murray (1893), Benjamin Libet (1916), Julian Rotter (1916), Dan Ariely (1967), and Frank Rosenblatt (1928).

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