default a 4

app/views/local/managers/admins/criteria.blade.php

                     </div>
                     <div class="form-group form_validation maximum_form ">
                         {{ Form::label('maximum_score', 'Maximum Score') }}
-                        {{ Form::text('maximum_score', '1', ['class' => 'form-control', 'id' => 'maximum_score', 'oninput' => 'addOptions("Num_scale", "maximum_score", "Scales")']) }}
+                        {{ Form::text('maximum_score', '8', ['class' => 'form-control', 'id' => 'maximum_score', 'oninput' => 'addOptions("Num_scale", "maximum_score", "Scales")']) }}
                     </div>
                     <div class="form-group form_validation number_of_scales">
                         {{ Form::label('scales', 'Number of Scales') }}
 
         $(document).ready(function() {
             addOptions('Num_scale', 'maximum_score', 'Scales');
+            $('#Num_scale').val('4');
             numberOfScales('Num_scale', 'Scales');
+            
+            $('.selectpicker').selectpicker('refresh');
         });
 
         //Input Validation function to client side

app/views/local/managers/pCoords/criteria.blade.php

                     </div>
                     <div class="form-group form_validation maximum_form">
                         {{ Form::label('maximum_score', 'Maximum Score') }}
-                        {{ Form::text('maximum_score', '1', ['class' => 'form-control', 'id' => 'maximum_score', 'oninput' => 'addOptions("Num_scale", "maximum_score", "Scales")']) }}
+                        {{ Form::text('maximum_score', '8', ['class' => 'form-control', 'id' => 'maximum_score', 'oninput' => 'addOptions("Num_scale", "maximum_score", "Scales")']) }}
                     </div>
                     <div class="form-group form_validation number_of_scales">
                         {{ Form::label('scales', 'Number of Scales') }}
 
         $(document).ready(function() {
             addOptions('Num_scale', 'maximum_score', 'Scales');
+            $('#Num_scale').val('4');
             numberOfScales('Num_scale', 'Scales');
+            
+            $('.selectpicker').selectpicker('refresh');
         });
 
         //Input Validation function to client side

app/views/local/managers/sCoords/criteria.blade.php

                     </div>
                     <div class="form-group form_validation maximum_form ">
                         {{ Form::label('maximum_score', 'Maximum Score') }}
-                        {{ Form::text('maximum_score', '1', ['class' => 'form-control', 'id' => 'maximum_score', 'oninput' => 'addOptions("Num_scale", "maximum_score", "Scales")']) }}
+                        {{ Form::text('maximum_score', '8', ['class' => 'form-control', 'id' => 'maximum_score', 'oninput' => 'addOptions("Num_scale", "maximum_score", "Scales")']) }}
                     </div>
                     <div class="form-group form_validation number_of_scales">
                         {{ Form::label('scales', 'Number of Scales') }}
         var outcomeString = 'OutcomeGroup_';
 
         $(document).ready(function() {
+            
             addOptions('Num_scale', 'maximum_score', 'Scales');
+            $('#Num_scale').val('4');
             numberOfScales('Num_scale', 'Scales');
+            
+            $('.selectpicker').selectpicker('refresh');
         });
 
         //Input Validation function to client side