seven-point scale

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scale
noun
uk
/skeɪl/
us
/skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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(Definition ofscalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We propose that, to the extent placement on theseven-pointscaleis meaningful, it will discriminate between issue positions.
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They furthermore estimated on aseven-pointscalehow frequent different activities are in dreams compared with waking life.
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Each criterion was scored by two independent raters on aseven-pointscale(range 0 to 35).
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The face-to-face interviews in 2000 used the traditionalseven-pointscaleformat, but the phone interviews mainly used a branching format resulting in only five categories.
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Participants were asked to estimate when in their lives they learnt a word, using aseven-pointscale.
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We also control for age (measured in years), education measured on aseven-pointscaleand a dummy variable for female respondent.
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Each item is scored on aseven-pointscale.
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Unfortunately, the survey did not ask respondents the items required to construct the traditionalseven-pointscale.
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Responses were based on aseven-pointscaleranging from one (' wife always ') to seven (' husband always '), where the midpoint four reflected egalitarian division of tasks.
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Aseven-pointscale(1=words arousing images with the greatest difficulty and 7=words arousing images most readily) was used.
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Figures in brackets give the average (arithmetic mean) rating on theseven-pointscaleused in the questionnaire.
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Each country is ranked on aseven-pointscalefrom free to not free.
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I'm going to show you aseven-pointscaleon which the political views that people hold are arranged from extremely liberal to extremely conservative.
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The absolute mean difference between individual judgements and the average judgement of all respondents is 0.65 (on aseven-pointscale).
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Magnitude estimation was used to quantify the perceived strength of the perceived coloration and object-hole effects on aseven-pointscale.
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In other words, if they are thinking ideologically, from a more or less coherent belief system, their left-rightseven-pointscaleposition will foretell their issue position.
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These questions allow us to measure, on aseven-pointscale, each respondent's degree of optimism or pessimism regarding both the economic and linguistic consequences of sovereignty.
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Your ratings will be made on aseven-pointscale, where one is the low imagery end of the scale and seven is the high imagery end of the scale.
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