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r with Neither Agree nor Disagree in the mi ddle; however, some practitioners advocate the use of 7 and 9point scales which add additional granularity . Sometimes a 4point (or other evennumbered) scale is used to produce an ipsative (forced choice) measur e where no indifferent option is available. Each level o n the scale is assigned a numeric value or coding, usu ally starting at 1 and incremented by one for each leve l. For example: