Cardinal Scale (Dictionary Entry)

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Last updated: 23-13-2019

Term

Cardinal Scale

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In addition, the four Stevens’ scale types can also be aggregated into two families:

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- Cardinal scales, including: interval e ratio scales, i.e., two scale types for which the notion of difference (or distance) between objects is meaningful. While the zero point is arbitrary for interval scales, it is absolute for ratio scales.

(https://open-measure.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIB/pages/1442597, p. 56)

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