five-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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For each item, respondents were asked to indicate ' who has the resource advantage ' based on afive-pointscale.
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Responses were scored on afive-pointscaleand the scores correlated with the proportion of private treatments that the dentists gave.
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Each of the hostility items was measured on afive-pointscale, ranging from 1 (very strongly disagree) to 5 (very strongly agree).
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Each response was calibrated using afive-pointscale.
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Responses to these statements are recorded on afive-pointscalefrom 'agree strongly' to 'disagree strongly'.
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They were also asked to rate their confidence in the choice they made, on afive-pointscale.
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Thefive-pointscaleconsisted of: 1 = none or not all; 2 = very little; 3 = average; 4 = considerably; and 5 = completely.
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In addition, participants were asked to assess their level of health on afive-pointscale.
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The herbivory ratio was estimated with afive-pointscale(0, 25, 50, 75, 100%) and the average calculated.
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Reproductive status was scored on afive-pointscale.
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Thefive-pointscaleused to collect data on the amount of informal care in this study may have been somewhat crude.
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Adolescents responded to the items using afive-pointscale(1 = almost never; 5 = almost always).
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Responses to each item were measured on the samefive-pointscale.
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Presence and severity of each symptom over the preceding week was rated on afive-pointscale(0=absent to 4=severe).
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In our case, responses were recorded on afive-pointscale.
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All items obtained high mean scores (>4) on afive-pointscale.
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This is afive-pointscaleintended to assess human figure drawings from the most sophisticated to the most primitive.
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Each of the items is rated on afive-pointscaleof distress ranging from 'not at all' (0) to 'extremely' (4) and then summed.
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