A compilation of survey response options.

 Dichotomous Scales

Fair Unfair

Agree Disagree

True False

Yes No

 Three-Point Scales

More than I would like About right Less than I would like	Too Harsh About right Too lenient	Too Strict About right Too Lax	Good Fair Poor
Too heavy About Right Too light	Too much About right Too little	extremely moderately not at all	Agree Undecided Disagree

 Four-Point Scales

Most of the time Some of the time Hardly ever Very seldom

Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree

Exceeded Met Nearly Met Missed

Definitely won’t Probably won’t Probably will Definitely will

Often Sometimes Seldom Never

 Five-Point Scales

Gotten much better Gotten somewhat better Stayed the same Gotten somewhat worse Gotten much worse	Strongly Agree Inclined to Agree Neither Inclined to Disagree Strongly Disagree	Very High Above Average Average Below Average Very Low	Strongly Agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree
Excellent Above Average Average Below Average Very Poor	Way too much Too much about right too little way to little	much higher higher about the same slightly lower much lower	Very Frequently Frequently Occasionally Rarely Very Rarely
one of the best about average average' below average one of the worst	very good good fair poor very poor	very satisfied satisfied neither dissatisfied very dissatisfied	Always Usually About half the time Occasionally (or Rarely or Seldom) Never
completely satisfied very satisfied fairly well satisfied somewhat dissatisfied very dissatisfied	Extremely Very Moderately Slightly Not at all	totally like very much like moderately like somewhat like not like
Almost always Often Sometimes Seldom Never	Very Often Regularly Sometimes Once or Twice Never	Very important Quite important Fairly important Slightly important Not at all important

 Seven-Point Scales

very dissatisfied moderately dissatisfied slightly dissatisfied neutral slightly satisfied moderately satisfied very satisfied

far below moderately below slightly below met expectations slightly above moderately above far above

very poor poor fair good very good excellent exceptional

 A grade-based scale

F

D-

D

D+

C-

C

C+

B-

B

B+

A-

A

A+

I don't know it at all

I know it well

 Descriptors of amount or frequency

• all of the time - totally
• most of the time - mostly - mainly - substantial - considerable - frequently - regularly - usually - consistently - repeatedly - plenty - abundant - copious - commonly - routinely
• moderate - modest - medium - intermediate - average - middling
• sometimes - occasionally - infrequently - rarely - seldom
• Never

 See also:

• Response Scales: How Many Points and What Labels?
• Responding to Personality Items: Response Formats, Some Problems, and Some Solutions
• Business Research Methods Chapter 14, attitude measurement
• The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information
• A Brief Guide to Questionnaire Development

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