His statement is measured, reasonable and, given its hedges ("plenty", "a lot"), almost axiomatically true.But for Mr Wieseltier, Mr Silver's statement is an "outburst" and "a slander".
Agreement with the Likert statements was measured on a 5-point scale with verbal anchors of 1-disagree, 3-somewhat agree, and 5-agree.
The level of agreement or disagreement was measured with a series of thirteen forest management related statements was measured on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).
In sections 2 and 3, agreement with statements was measured using a horizontal, continuous, visual analogue scale (VAS), 8 cm long and unnumbered, scored from full disagreement to full agreement.
Back then, Washington's public statements were measured, and sought to soothe market fears.
Speaking to reporters at the White House this evening, Mr. Bush said Mr. Greenspan's statements were "measured and just right," and that the Fed chairman recognized "that we need good monetary policy and sound fiscal policy to make sure the economy grows".
The statements were measured on a three-point Likert-scale (0 = Do not know, 1 = Not sure and 2 = I know).
All statements were measured on a seven-point scale, where 7 stood for highly satisfied and 1 for highly dissatisfied.
The responses to each of these statements were measured using a 5-point Likert scale with 1 corresponding to "strongly disagree" and 5 to "strongly agree".
Of note, only one attitude statement was significant in predicting antibiotic use, suggesting that all of the statements are measuring similar things (Table 4).
