Open AccessTHE COMPARISON OF TREE QUALITIES
Author(s) -
P. L. Northcott
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
the forestry chronicle
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1499-9315
pISSN - 0015-7546
DOI - 10.5558/tfc41215-2
Subject(s) - statistics , tree (set theory) , quality (philosophy) , mathematics , computer science , combinatorics , philosophy , epistemology
The need to compare individuals is discussed briefly. It is suggested that the composite quality of an individual is best defined as the weighted sum of a number of measurable characteristics of the individual. A statistical procedure for comparison of weighted average quality is derived from application of the principle of the linear combination of variables. A digital computer program is available.
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