Table 3 The Situational Pain Scale calibration

Item

Measure

SE

(Logits)

(Logits)

infit

outfit

a.

My lips are chapped

1.96

0.12

1.12

1.06

b.

I get shampoo in my eye

1.45

0.12

1.00

0.95

c.

I get a speck of dust in the eye

1.38

0.12

1.20

1.19

d.

Someone pulls my hair

0.92

0.12

1.00

0.98

e.

I catch my finger in a zipper

0.87

0.12

1.06

1.03

f.

I cut myself with a sheet of paper

0.81

0.12

1.03

1.01

g.

I get sunburned on my face

0.81

0.11

1.03

1.02

h.

I have a splinter under the skin of one finger

0.77

0.11

1.12

1.14

i.

I disinfect a sore

0.60

0.11

1.10

1.12

j.

I get an injection in the arm

−0.60

0.11

1.12

1.11

k.

I walk on burning sand

−0.27

0.11

1.16

1.17

l.

I get sunburned and someone touches me on that spot

−0.50

0.11

0.96

0.99

m.

I burn my tongue tasting scorching hot food

−0.51

0.11

0.76

0.77

n.

I bite my tongue

−0.58

0.11

0.77

0.79

o.

I hit my funny bone

−0.71

0.11

1.04

1.03

p.

I knock my head on the corner of a piece of furniture

−1.48

0.11

0.75

0.77

q.

I stub my toe on a chair leg

−1.78

0.11

0.91

0.93

r.

I get my fingers caught in the car door

−3.67

0.16

0.86

0.90

0.00

0.12

1.00

1.00

S.D.

1.33

0.01

0.14

0.13