The recorded datum on a given trial corresponded to the x-coordinate (in pixels) at which the participant clicked on the scale for that trial, where 0 was the center of the scale.
Both scales exhibit the same overlapping organization, with each scale at the center of neighboring scales arranged in a hexagonal pattern.
Each millimeter was given a VAS score of 1 such that a score of 0 at the left end of the scale indicated no pain, a score of 100 at the right end of the scale indicated maximum pain, and a score of 50 in the center of the scale indicated moderate pain.
Answers were recorded on a 5-point likert scale from 'very likely' to 'very unlikely' with 'unsure' at the center of the scale.
Mr. Cohen and his colleagues then calculated the distance between each candidate and the center of the scale.
"The first idea consists of building a commercial center of the scale of Rockefeller Center on the lower tip of Welfare Island and on filled land extending south to Belmont Island, at Forty-second Street," he said.
The graph demonstrates that for each election that a party loses, its nominee get closer to the center of the scale.
The spread of the descriptors is around the center of the scale.
These descriptors around the center of the scale were ranked as either easier or more difficult.
The peripheries presented a bow effect, i.e., they were wider towards the center of the scale.
The individuals will remain barefoot in a standing position on the center of the scale platform.
