Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
- Volume 15 Issue 1
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- Pages.95-105
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- 2004
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- 1598-9402(pISSN)
A Study on the Scoring Method of the Ordinal Variable
Abstract
The main characteristic of the ordinal scale is that its categories have a logically or continuously ordered relationship to each other. A continuous type permits measuring degrees of differences among categories. Also, the specific amount of differences is important. In this paper we consider the scoring method using a dummy variable based on distance among categories.