Jun 6, 2004 06:18
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a greater number of fair or poor responses
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Context: In a study report for a contact lens care solution,
in the RESULT part: Acceptability Questionaire
There were a greater number of fair or poor responses to the acceptability questions of overall rating, comfort rating, and quality of vision rating in the Investigational Neutralizing Tablet group than in the ULTRACARE Neutralizing Tablet group. However, this difference was less between the two group for acceptability questions of lens cleanliness rating and overall comparisons to pre-study regime.
Question: What does ¡°fair or poor¡± mean here? Fair means good, isn¡¯t it? ¡°greater number of fair or poor responses¡± makes no sense to me.
Thank you!
in the RESULT part: Acceptability Questionaire
There were a greater number of fair or poor responses to the acceptability questions of overall rating, comfort rating, and quality of vision rating in the Investigational Neutralizing Tablet group than in the ULTRACARE Neutralizing Tablet group. However, this difference was less between the two group for acceptability questions of lens cleanliness rating and overall comparisons to pre-study regime.
Question: What does ¡°fair or poor¡± mean here? Fair means good, isn¡¯t it? ¡°greater number of fair or poor responses¡± makes no sense to me.
Thank you!
Responses
| 5 +4 | fair means mediocre or borderline acceptable |
kellyn (X)
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| 5 | rephrased |
airmailrpl
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fair means mediocre or borderline acceptable
A possible scale could be:
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
so you see, Fair is less than Good.
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-06-06 06:23:03 GMT)
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Notes: Physical Condition: Inside. LIVING ROOM, Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor. DINING
ROOM, Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor. KITCHEN, Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor. ...
www.monstermoving.monster.com/find_a_place/fap_article/insp...
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-06-06 06:23:22 GMT)
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Outstanding, Good, Fair, Poor, Poor,
Fair, Fair, Fair, Fair, Company builds very sturdy computers; service is dismal
in spots ...
www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,105854,pg,10,00.asp
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-06-06 06:23:51 GMT)
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... Excellent Good Fair Poor. 2. Outline the immunologic basis upon which
antigen-antibody reactions occur. Excellent Good Fair Poor. ...
www.nursece.com/onlinecourses/9018Evaluation.html
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Note added at 31 mins (2004-06-06 06:50:29 GMT)
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Since \'fair and poor\' are the two \'lesser\' possibilities, and \'excellent and good\' would be the \'greater\' possibilities, they are lumping together \'fair and poor\' responses to get an idea of how many people rated the item at approximately 50% satisfaction or less.
So if a majority (greater number, as said in the article) of the responses are \'fair to poor,\' then basically there are more people giving the product a mediocre or low rating than people giving it a good or excellent rating.
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
so you see, Fair is less than Good.
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-06-06 06:23:03 GMT)
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Notes: Physical Condition: Inside. LIVING ROOM, Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor. DINING
ROOM, Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor. KITCHEN, Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor. ...
www.monstermoving.monster.com/find_a_place/fap_article/insp...
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-06-06 06:23:22 GMT)
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Outstanding, Good, Fair, Poor, Poor,
Fair, Fair, Fair, Fair, Company builds very sturdy computers; service is dismal
in spots ...
www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,105854,pg,10,00.asp
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-06-06 06:23:51 GMT)
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... Excellent Good Fair Poor. 2. Outline the immunologic basis upon which
antigen-antibody reactions occur. Excellent Good Fair Poor. ...
www.nursece.com/onlinecourses/9018Evaluation.html
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Note added at 31 mins (2004-06-06 06:50:29 GMT)
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Since \'fair and poor\' are the two \'lesser\' possibilities, and \'excellent and good\' would be the \'greater\' possibilities, they are lumping together \'fair and poor\' responses to get an idea of how many people rated the item at approximately 50% satisfaction or less.
So if a majority (greater number, as said in the article) of the responses are \'fair to poor,\' then basically there are more people giving the product a mediocre or low rating than people giving it a good or excellent rating.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for detailed and Excellent explanations!
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Related KudoZ points
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12
rephrased
There were a greater number of fair or poor responses to the acceptability =>
There were a greater number of responses of 'fair' or 'poor' to the questions of acceptability...
scale of acceptance would be 'excellent'..'good'..'fair'..'poor'
There were a greater number of responses of 'fair' or 'poor' to the questions of acceptability...
scale of acceptance would be 'excellent'..'good'..'fair'..'poor'
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