Is this rating scale, especially in medical usage, meant to be incremental or exponential?
2006-08-19 14:00:30 · 8 answers · asked by Nitris 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Incremental.
I'm not a physician, I don't even play one on TV (If you GET that, you're as old as I am - you old fart).
Examples of an exponential scale in common usage are earthquakes, and Ph values; where the next whole number value indicates an increase in an order of magnitude.
Subjective rating is incremental. It is too hard to visualize the difference between 10 of something (10^1) to 100,000,000,000 (10^10).
2006-08-19 14:05:32 · answer #1 · answered by Wicked Mickey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Incremental
2006-08-20 07:45:24 · answer #2 · answered by Cutebruce88 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think incremental. After all, if you are asking a child to describe the pain he is experiencing, you'd need to explain exponents to get an answer. I believe incremental is intuitive and I think does the job.
2006-08-19 14:37:28 · answer #3 · answered by slandguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Incremental.
Ever since the disappearance of slide rules, most people are unable to think in exponential terms.
2006-08-19 14:13:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
incremental, definitely
2006-08-19 15:35:28 · answer #5 · answered by MollyMAM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
incremental
2006-08-19 14:15:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
incremental
2006-08-19 14:06:10 · answer #7 · answered by BeamMeUpMom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i guess it means we all have the same pain levels from 1 thru 10
2006-08-19 14:06:57 · answer #8 · answered by mike L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋