this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2023
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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 118 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Who the fuck uses 7 point scales to rate something

[–] everyone_said@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A 7 point, or Likert scale, is extremely common in a lot of fields, particularly psychology and social sciences.

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

What makes it really fun if your psych asks for multiple answers, some in a 7 point scale and some at a 10 point scale. And then forgets to say it every time. So you have to ask. :l

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The Kinsey Scale, for example.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

Anons in creative writing exercises like this ✍️

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Lesrid@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago
[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Icalasari@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

4 = Neutral
3 or 5 = Little
2 or 6 = Somewhat
1 or 7 = Heavily/Likely

1-7 works very well for scales involving how you feel about something

e.g. Kinsey Scale has 1 as only interested in opposite sex and 7 as only interested in same sex. 4 is could go either way, 3 is slightly more into opposite, 6 is heavily into same sex, etc.