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by chrislloyd 2610 days ago
From https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2755844

> g Likert has never done; engages a higher level of thoughtfulness; attenuates extremism to expose deeper insight; and predicts behavior better than Likert at high levels preference intensity.

Basically extreme views and polarization are poorly weighted in large populations and this can be _exposed_ by QV.