Zanish t1_j6npg1g wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Some study's have started using a 7 scale and I really like that. You have a definite median score of 4. Then 3 levels of positive or negative adjustments.

To answer why 5 and not 10, personally I think it's for similar reasons. You get a definite median in 3 with an equal number of options either way. Whereas with 10 you get a median of 5 with 5 numbers up and only 4 down (not counting 0 as an option).

Personally I like 7 but since that's not an option most places I settle for 5 with decimals i.e. 3.5, 4.5, etc.

AtraMikaDelia t1_j6nqxqx wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:10 PM

The only problem with a scale of 7 is that its debatable if a perfect score is a 7/7 or a 5/7.

iamwhoiwasnow OP t1_j6nr53v wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:12 PM

Understood that reference gif

iamwhoiwasnow OP t1_j6npuka wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:04 PM

That makes a lot a sense as I mentioned on another comments I guess for me personally I just think we lose our on more halfs since I don't see people using 3.25 = 7.5 so instead of having 20 units of measurement we only get half.