Using numerical scores for ratings?

1. How do you use a numerical rating scale?
2. What is a numerical rating?
3. What is a numerical performance rating scale?
4. How do you score a rating scale?

How do you use a numerical rating scale?

In a Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), patients are asked to circle the number between 0 and 10, 0 and 20 or 0 and 100 that fits best to their pain intensity [1]. Zero usually represents 'no pain at all' whereas the upper limit represents 'the worst pain ever possible'.

What is a numerical rating?

The Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) is the simplest and most commonly used numeric scale in which the child rates the pain from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain).

What is a numerical performance rating scale?

Rating scales may be numeric (e.g., 3, 4, 5) or alphabetic (e.g., a, b, c), with numbers or letters corresponding to an adjective, such as "5 = excellent" or "c = satisfactory." Rating scales also may be narrative.

How do you score a rating scale?

Use the optimal number of points on your rating scale.

For ideas that range from positive to negative, use a 1-7 point scale that includes a middle or neutral point. And for ideas that range from zero to positive, use a 1-5 point scale.