four-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)
Examplesoffour-point scale
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All items except the first (three-point) are rated on afour-pointscalefor the previous month.
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Responses to each attribute are coded on afour-pointscale, ranging from 1 (not at all important) to 4 (extremely important).
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The delinquents were categorized on a somewhat idiosyncraticfour-pointscaleof seriousness of the worst recorded offence.
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Attributes are rated as being present in the work environment on afour-pointscalewhere 1 represents 'strongly disagree' and 4 represents 'strongly agree'.
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Respondents are asked to indicate on afour-pointscalewhether they have recently "lost much sleep over worry," for example.
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Items were scored on afour-pointscale, ranging from 0 (rarely or none of the time) to 3 (most of or all the time).
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Responses to the 18 items in the index were on afour-pointscalefrom strongly agree to strongly disagree.
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The childhood items were also rated on afour-pointscale(0=' rarely or never ', 1=' sometimes ', 2=' often ', 3=' very often ').
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Responses were recorded on afour-pointscale('highly', 'somewhat', 'just a little', 'not at all').
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Participants rated the subjective difficulty of each trait on afour-pointscale, where 1 was assigned most difficult, and 4 the least difficult.
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To replicate earlier work, a self-assessed loneliness rating on afour-pointscalefrom ' always ' to ' never ' lonely was used.
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Responses were based on afour-pointscale, ranging from one (' never ') to four (' often ').
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Responses were based on afour-pointscaleranging from one (' never ') to four (' often ').
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We created afour-pointscalebased on the answers to these two questions.
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The first item is scored on a three-point scale while the rest are scored on afour-pointscale.
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As with the original, items are rated on afour-pointscale(0 to 3) with a potential range of total scores from 0 to 63.
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Items were scored on afour-pointscale, ranging from 0 (rarely or none of the time) to 3 (most of or all time).
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Symptoms were rated on afour-pointscale(absent, mild, moderate, and severe).
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Four-pointscalefor strength of partisanship, ranging from 0 (pure independent) to three (strong partisan).
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