Rating Scale & Weightages

Dear Fellow Members,
Request you to please help with an examples of 3, 4, 5 point rating scales. which one is the most preffered.
Regards
Rakhee

Dear Rakhee,
Please go to Likert scale & surveys – best practices « intelligent measurement and digest all the content and let us know in your own words which of the 3 scales is preferred and why. Kindly also tell us why an even scale is used. You can find more information at Google
I take this opportunity to say that we all should search the web for general information like this and also give why we are asking the question. That will help experts to give precise answers.

Dear Mr. Simhan,
Thank you for your reply. Apologies for not being precise in my question. I needed to know the rating scales with respect to a Performance Appraisal System.
Regards
Rakhee Joshi

Dear Rakhee,
Again the question is general. Performance appraisal of whom and what method? Please click on the links in the sidebar at the right of this box.

HI
can any one help me the system of rating scale method, on what basis it s followed at the time of appraisal.
Regards,
Mahendiran