Effects of Quantitative Ordinal Scale Design on the Accuracy of Estimates of Mean Disease Severity

Effects of Quantitative Ordinal Scale Design on the Accuracy of Estimates of Mean Disease Severity

Estimates of plant disease severity are crucial to various practical and research-related needs in agriculture. Ordinal scales are used for categorizing severity into ordered classes. Certain characteristics of quantitative ordinal scale design may affect the accuracy of the specimen estimates and,...

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Main Authors: Hung I. Liu, Jia Ren Tsai, Wen Hsin Chung, Clive H. Bock, Kuo Szu Chiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Agronomy
Subjects:
disease severity
disease scales
nearest percent estimates
mean squared error
plant epidemiology
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/9/565

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