ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Gradients of agreement scale

Okay, so imagine you have a big bag of different colored candies. You want to know if your friend likes the same candies as you do. But, you don't want to just ask if they like all the candies or not. That would be too simple! Instead, you want to know how much they like each candy.

So, you decide to use a Gradients of Agreement Scale. It's like a special ruler that helps you measure how much you and your friend agree on something.

The scale looks like this:

1. Strongly disagree
2. Disagree
3. Somewhat disagree
4. Neither agree nor disagree
5. Somewhat agree
6. Agree
7. Strongly agree

Now, let's say you ask your friend about the different candies in your bag. For each candy, they use the Gradients of Agreement Scale to tell you how much they like it. If they love a candy, they'll say they "strongly agree" with it. If they hate it, they'll say they "strongly disagree." If they're somewhere in between, they'll use the other options on the scale.

Once you have all your friend's answers, you can compare them to your own opinions. If you both "strongly agree" on a candy, that means you both love it! If you "somewhat agree," that means you both like it, but not as much as other candies. And if you "strongly disagree," that means you both hate it!

Using a Gradients of Agreement Scale helps you understand exactly how similar or different your opinions are on something. It makes it easier to see where you both agree and where you might disagree.