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Level of measurement

Known as: Nominal variable, Categorical-valued, Interval measurement 
Level of measurement or scale of measure is a classification that describes the nature of information within the numbers assigned to variables… 
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Additive smoothingCategorical variableCohesion (computer science)Constructivist epistemology

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
BUNGEE: An Elasticity Benchmark for Self-Adaptive IaaS Cloud Environments
Today's infrastructure clouds provide resource elasticity (i.e. Auto-scaling) mechanisms enabling self-adaptive resource… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A supervised clustering and classification algorithm for mining data with mixed variables
This paper presents a data mining algorithm based on supervised clustering to learn data patterns and use these patterns for data… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
On effective multi-dimensional indexing for strings
As databases have expanded in scope from storing purely business data to include XML documents, product catalogs, e-mail messages… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Seed mass and early survivorship of tree species in upland clearings and shelterwoods
We examined recommended sowing densities of 25 North American tree species (26 observations) to measure the relationship between… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
How accurately can one measure a statistical quantity like polarization-mode dispersion?
The differential group delay (DGD) due to varying local birefringence and random polarization mode coupling is a statistical… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Mapping Ecological Land Systems and Classification Uncertainties from Digital Elevation and Forest-Cover Data Using Neural Networks
Our approaches in this project emphasized mainly the technical aspects of the land-systems classification problem with neural… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Evolving Compact Solutions in Genetic Programming: A Case Study
Genetic programming (GP) is a variant of genetic algorithms where the data structures handled are trees. This makes GP especially… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Size Effects in Cluster Infrared Spectra: the .nu.1 Band of Arn-HCO+ (n = 1-13)
Spectroscopic and dynamical properties of the Ar,,-HCO+ ( n = 1 13) cluster series have been explored by exciting the chromophore… 
1994
1994
Ordinal-level classification of sub-pixel tropical forest cover
Remotely sensed data have considerable potential for mapping and monitoring tropical forests. For the production of regional… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
PILOT RATING TECHNIQUES FOR THE ESTIMATION AND EVALUATION OF HANDLING QUALITIES
Abstract : Although rating scales of varied forms have been widely used to estimate and evaluate handling qualities over the past… 
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