A character separation index suitable for binary data containing equivocal responses |
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| Authors: | Hunter Paul R. |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Hospital Infection, Central Public Health Laboratory 61 colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK |
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| Abstract: | Character separation indices are useful for determining whichbinary characters best discriminate between two populations.To date these indices are unable to cope sufficiently with binarydata that contain equivocal responses. A character separationindex is described which can be applied to data containing equivocalresponses. Furthermore, for larger numbers of group membersthis index can be used to derive the significance that a givencharacter would have given a particular separation value bychance. The BASIC implementation of a program to calculate characterseparation indices is presented. Received on September 30, 1989; accepted on October 3, 1989 |
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