Levels of Use Interview

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 design), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

A focused branching interview developed by Loucks (1977) that assigns overall and category-specific Levels of Use ratings, including Not Doing and No Information classifications.

Components

Claims

• LoU Interview ratings correlated .65 with readers' ratings of written ethnographic protocols, which the author read as support for the interview's validity tempered by second-hand information [+W]
• The LoU Interview shows high interrater reliability, and the rating procedure was streamlined over two years without loss of agreement [+W]

Related Products and Programmes

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Key Sources

• Loucks, Susan F. (1977). Levels of Use of the Innovation: The Conceptualization and Measurement of a Variable Useful for Assessing Innovation Implementation by Individuals. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED137947

Page metadata

Field	Value
type	product
id	levels-of-use-interview
title	Levels of Use Interview
description	A focused branching interview developed by Loucks (1977) that assigns overall and category-specific Levels of Use ratings, including Not Doing and No Information classifications.
status	review
moved_from	element/lou-focused-branching-interview
product_kind	assessment
generated	by process:sweep-kinds on 2026-10-10
trust	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
sources	1 — loucks-1977

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