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9-er Skala

English translation: on a scale from one to nine

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German term or phrase:9-er Skala
English translation:on a scale from one to nine
Entered by: Olav Rixen

07:36 Nov 10, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
German term or phrase: 9-er Skala
Skala: **9-er Skala** mit den Ankerpunkten „stimme überhaupt nicht zu“ - „stimme nicht zu“ - „weiss nicht“ - „stimme zu“ - „stimme voll und ganz zu“

I can't find a definition of this kind of 'scale', but it seems to be used in surveys and market research a lot.
Olav Rixen
Canada
Local time: 01:49
on a scale from one to nine
Explanation:
That's what market researcher tend to say. (I've been involved in this for nearly 30 years.)

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Note added at 22 mins (2006-11-10 07:59:40 GMT)
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... where "1" means ...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-11-10 13:35:35 GMT)
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I've seen your comment to milinad:
Take a close look at your original: The five statements mentioned are called "Ankerpunkte", i.e. the person writing this down was too lazy to fill in the blanks ("stimme eher zu", "stimme eher nicht zu", etc.).
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BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 10:49
Grading comment
Thanks, Brigitte. Your answer to my comment makes some sense, though I've never seen a survey with that many options for answering.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4on the scale of nine
milinad
3 +1on a scale from one to nine
BrigitteHilgner


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
on the scale of nine


Explanation:
in the surveys the respondent is supposed answer the questions by grading on the scale of nine i.e. giving point from 1 to 9 for each of the queries

milinad
Local time: 14:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6
Notes to answerer
Asker: No, I don't think so. Respondents are supposed to evaluate statements with from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree". There are only five options.

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
on a scale from one to nine


Explanation:
That's what market researcher tend to say. (I've been involved in this for nearly 30 years.)

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Note added at 22 mins (2006-11-10 07:59:40 GMT)
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... where "1" means ...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-11-10 13:35:35 GMT)
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I've seen your comment to milinad:
Take a close look at your original: The five statements mentioned are called "Ankerpunkte", i.e. the person writing this down was too lazy to fill in the blanks ("stimme eher zu", "stimme eher nicht zu", etc.).

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 10:49
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 106
Grading comment
Thanks, Brigitte. Your answer to my comment makes some sense, though I've never seen a survey with that many options for answering.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Otmar Lichtenwörther: many Google hits
4 hrs
  -> Dear me: I wouldn't have expected any google hits for this! Thank you Otmar. Have a nice weekend.
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