asteikollisesti

Asteikollisesti is a Finnish adverb meaning "on a scale" or "in a graded fashion." It is used to indicate that measurement, evaluation, or classification is conducted along a continuum or ordered categories rather than as a binary or absolute value.

Origin and form: Asteikollisesti is formed from asteikko (scale) and the adverbial suffix -llisesti, a productive Finnish suffix used to convert adjectives into adverbs. The word therefore signals alignment with a scale or ranking.

Usage: The term is common in academic and professional writing in Finnish, including fields such as psychology, sociology, market research, and statistics. It typically accompanies verbs like mitata (to measure), arvioida (to assess), or luokitella (to classify). Example: Vastaajat arvioivat palvelun laatua asteikollisesti 1–5. Translation: Respondents rated the service quality on a 1-to-5 scale.

Notes: Asteikollisesti does not specify the exact type of scale; it simply indicates that results are presented along a scale. The underlying data may be ordinal or, in some cases, treated as interval, depending on the measurement method and analysis.

See also: scale (measurement), rating scale, Likert scale, ordinal data, measurement scale.