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When I was asked this (early in an application process) the question came with an anchored scale. That is, each number had a corresponding description. I though
by azornathogron 2y ago
When I was asked this (early in an application process) the question came with an anchored scale. That is, each number had a corresponding description. I thought it worked fine.
- samatman 2y agoThis is entirely different, and does avoid the central problem discussed in the Fine Article: is 1...10 to mean ±5σ, or are they deciles? Either way, what's the sample group? It also sucks because there's not a whole-number median answer: 5 is further from 10 than it is from 1, 5 + 5 is 10, 5 - 5 is 0, not 1. However, ten levels is too many. Five is better. With ten levels, someone is always unsure whether they belong one higher or one lower than the answer they give, so you have a test which combines a real self-assessment with an unknown variable: the personality of the person you're asking. For a skill of interest, five levels will give most candidates a clear image of where they actually belong, and the differences are large enough that a dishonest answer can be cross-checked with straightforward "I expect a 4 to answer this correctly" questions.