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I must be missing something... why isn't 4 a midpoint of 1-7 and 6 a midpoint of 1-13? I'd think you would want an even number of points to prevent over-selecti
by kurthr 9y ago
I must be missing something... why isn't 4 a midpoint of 1-7 and 6 a midpoint of 1-13? I'd think you would want an even number of points to prevent over-selection (like 0-7 or 1-8).
- JasonCEC 9y agoThe psychological effect is "tendency towards the mean", and in this case, the mid-point isn't the mean. Forcing individuals to choose a score above or below the mean yields a better sampling of the true distribution in this case.
- agf 9y agoWhat? 1+2+3+4+5+6+7 = 28. 28 / 7 = 4. So 4 is both the midpoint and the mean?
- tiglionabbit 9y agoPerhaps people don't differentiate between 1-7 and 0-7 and assume that 3.5 is always going to be the midpoint?