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NUMERO MODALITE [1 record]

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Record 1 1979-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
DEF

A set of symbols employed to convert a given set of data or items into a quantitative or qualitative series.

CONT

The type of codes required for machine tabulation differ from those needed if the data are to be sorted and counted by hand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
CONT

Caractère qualitatif(...) Préalablement à tout travail de mise en ordre des observations, il faut dresser une liste exhaustive des modalités possibles du caractères considéré. A chaque modalité on fait correspondre pour des raisons de commodité ou de possibilité d’exploitation mécanographique un numéro qui sera substitué à l'appellation qualitative de la modalité.(...) Toutes les modalités sont placées sur le même plan. On a constitué un code.

Spanish

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