The word sufficient (any dictionary will confirm this) means adequate or enough. This is the basic premise to keep in mind in designing a satisfaction scale. Neutral attitude from the customer or client or person answering the Middle also should be opposites of each other. Have to be opposite in meaning and the terms on either side of the The "rule" for designing a five-point scale is that the end points I would not use sufficient because its opposite is insufficient and those mean: not enough of something. Not Satisfactory, because it is difficult to do the five-point scale with it. Most scales when they follow the Likert 5-point method, use a neutral term in the middle of the scale. This group of words does not conform to a regular good/bad scale semantically as it uses the word sufficient, the opposite of which is insufficient, both of which refer to the idea of "being enough". They work through opposite ends of a scale like: good/bad or satisfactory/unsatisfactory. These are called semantic differentiation scales in marketing and customer satisfaction questionnaires. That is very bad, but it was sufficient to keep him alive for a month.
You have kept him prisoner and force-fed him. Your generous donations are very good and well received, but they are not sufficient to keep him fed for a month. What comes in addition to something being sufficient is how you feel about it:įrom Merriam-Webster's definition of sufficient:ġ a : enough to meet the needs of a situation or a proposed endĪs further examples of contrast, and the difference between these semantic categories, consider the following: There is no emotional or normative judgment being placed on the word sufficient itself either it meets the bar of accomplishing the task or it doesn't. In both cases, sufficient is used to indicate the logical ability to accomplish a task-getting a cup of coffee. "Absolutely! Not only will that get me my coffee, but it would be amazing!" "I see you can't even afford a cup of coffee. If that's all you can spare, it will still get me what I need for the moment."
Because they are different semantic categories of words, you can't rank sufficient on the same scale as good, satisfactory, or bad.
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