[DDI-SRG] "representation" question

[Wendy Thomas]

Sanda,
I discussed this at the TIC meeting with Ken, Pascal, and Achim. We have 
decided that for now the approach will be to create a categoryScheme with 
the anchor categories and a third category with an empty label and a 
description of "an unlabeled interceding value in a coded response range"

CodeScheme
   CatSchemeANCHOREDSCALE
    1 = base anchor category
    2 = empty label anchor
    3 = empty label anchor
    4 = empty label anchor
    5 = empty label anchor
    6 = empty label anchor
    7 = top anchor category

Describe the level providing the relationship type and itervals. All codes 
would be of this level.

We are also putting this in as a bug to review for 3.1. However Ken was 
comforable with this approach for now.

Wendy





On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Sanda Ionescu wrote:

> Hi, Wendy.
>
> I have a /question/variable that looks like this:
> All things considered, how satisfied are/were you with your marriage?
> Which number comes closest to describing how satisfied or dissatisfied
> you feel/felt?
>
>            1. Completely dissatisfied
>
>            ................
>
>            7. Completely satisfied
>
>
> Note that possible answers are 1-7 and only 1 and 7 are labeled.
> I would probably consider this a "numeric" representation, except I
> don't know how to include the labels, if I don't have categories.
> ???
> :-)
> Sanda.
>
> Sanda Ionescu
> ICPSR
> University of Michigan
> P.O. Box 1248
> Ann Arbor, MI 48106
>
> Phone, Fax: 734-615-7890
>
>
>

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