The Fitch rating scale is used to assess the creditworthiness of governments, financial institutions and corporations. By providing a standardized measure of risk, the scale helps investors and ...

Learn what bond ratings are, who comes up with them, how a rating is determined, and the difference between investment-grade ...

The Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale uses faces, numbers, and words to help a person communicate the severity of pain. Learn more about its uses here.

Independent financial rating companies, such as AM Best, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, use their own methodology and ratings scales to determine the financial strength of individual insurers.

Tools like the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) provide insight into individual experiences of depression, particularly symptom severity.

Three standard published figure rating scales (FRS) were compared with a new scale (Reese FRS). Distributions of respondents' selections on all scales were examined relative to anthropométrie measures ...