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  • They were then asked to rate, on a 1-to-5 scale, how much pleasure the experience brought them and how much they "wanted" it right now, in general, in good times, and in bad.

    Week in Ideas Christopher Shea 2011

  • There was no correlation between the test subjects' ratings on a 1-to-5 scale and sales.

    Week in Ideas Christopher Shea 2011

  • The 1,600 participants were asked to rate their enjoyment of 18 musical genres on a 1-to-5 scale.

    Week in Ideas Christopher Shea 2011

  • They concluded that the policy, which would cost $580 million, would spur low-income Americans to increase their consumption of fruits by 2. 1-to-5.2 percent and vegetables by 2. 1-to-4.9 percent.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Low Price-Elasticity of Vegetable Consumption 2009

  • There was no correlation between the test subjects' ratings on a 1-to-5 scale and sales.

    Week in Ideas Christopher Shea 2011

  • That made it a Category 1, the least threatening on a 1-to-5 scale, and barely stronger than a tropical storm.

    Hurricane Irene Picks Up Speed As It Re-Emerges Over Atlantic (LIVE UPDATES) 2011

  • Zacks has standardized the rating schemes of all the brokerage firms it tracks into a fixed 1-to-5 scale comprising strong buy, buy, hold, sell and strong sell.

    Blue Chip Analysts 2010

  • One-quarter of the ranking is based on the reputation survey, which asks presidents, provosts and admission deans to rate dozens of like institutions on a 1-to-5 scale for overall undergraduate academic merit.

    Lobbying for a better U.S. News ranking 2010

  • Camels are issued on a simple 1-to-5 scale that sizes up capital adequacy, asset quality, management, earnings, liquidity and sensitivity to market risk.

    Restoring Trust to Take More Than 2009

  • (Interviewers were asked to rate the attractiveness of each participant on a 1-to-5 scale.)

    Primary Sources 2006

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