ISSN: 1945-7553
CODEN: JTEVAB
Page Count: 3

The Relation Between an Extreme Proportion and a Less Extreme Proportion, in the Context of the Comparability of Tests

Hutchinson, TP
Macquarie University, Sydney, N.S.W.

(Received 24 July 2001; accepted 18 January 2002)

Abstract

Data are sometimes encountered consisting of the proportions of items falling into each of three ordered categories in a number of different circumstances. The examples in this paper concern properties of particulate material, such as the proportion of particles considered to be fractured. Methods are proposed for relating the proportion satisfying some stringent criterion (e.g., two or more fractured faces) to the proportion satisfying some less stringent criterion (e.g., one or more fractured faces). Emphasis is on methods whose success or otherwise can be seen graphically.

Keywords:
comparability of tests, fracturing of particles, graphical analysis, ordered categories, particle shape, transformation to linearity

Paper ID: JTE12314J
DOI: 10.1520/JTE12314J
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