[Introspective] Re: Re:Scale for the Surverys

[Johan]

To be honest, I think the only thing that is missing is an option for 'rating not applicable' which I would have liked to use on 'Opportunities (Reprise)' which I don't think should have been included in the survey.

Of course, any scale is rather arbitrary, so an 11-point scale like this one is just as good as any other. The essential question is if the number of categories is sufficient for people to express the difference between their evaluation of the songs, and to make sure it is not too large for the division to be possible.

Privately, I am very interested in seeing what the average rating will be when all songs have been included...of course it should be 5 but I am predicting it will be somewhat higher :) Which of course doesn't make much sense...(unless of course the people voting aren't always the same).

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wayne 
  To: Visually69 at aol.com ; paninaro3000 at yahoo.com 
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  Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 5:12 AM
  Subject: [Introspective] Re: Re:Scale for the Surverys


  I can appreciate your concern about the scale of the survey. I use a 0-10 scale because it allows for 5 to be exactly in the middle (as opposed to 5.5 for a 1-10 scale). The five categories I provided were only a general guideline that I put together for the sake of brevity. I figured voters could "fill in the blanks" appropriately.

  It's clear, for instance, that a 3 is better than a 2 and an 8 is better than a 7, without my needing to specify what each and every number from 0 to 10 means. Voters can decide that for themselves. The important thing, in my mind, is that 0 = "one of the worst PSB songs" and 10 = "one of the best."

  Thanks for expressing your concerns.

  Wayne
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Visually69 at aol.com 
    To: paninaro3000 at yahoo.com 
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    Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 3:09 PM
    Subject: Re:Scale for the Surverys


    I agree about the scale. A 10-point scale that only features 5 different categories is kind of pointless. It makes things too vague. 

    -Ali 
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