Table V.
Descriptions of Risk Rating Scales
| Description of Scale | Scale End Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Low (1) | High (7) | ||
| Controllability | Please rate to what extent you can, by personal skill or diligence, avoid death for the exposed dog or person, if exposed to the risk | Controllable | Uncontrollable |
| Dread | Please rate to what extent this is a risk that you have learned to live with and can think about reasonably calmly, or it is the one that you have great dread for—on the level of a gut reaction | Not dread | Dread |
| Severity of consequences | Please rate how likely it is that the consequence will be fatal when the risk is realized in the form of a mishap or illness | Consequences not fatal | Consequences fatal |
| Voluntariness | Please rate to what extent this risk is faced voluntarily | Voluntarily | Involuntarily |
| Known to exposed | Please rate to what extent the risks are known precisely by the dog owners (for dog food)/child's parents (for toys)/persons (for other risks) who face those risks | Known precisely | Not known |
| Immediacy of effect | Please rate to what extent the risk of death is immediate—‐or sickness or death is likely to occur at some later time | Effect immediate | Effect delayed |
| Newness | Please rate to what extent this risk is old and familiar or new and novel | Old | New |