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Testing the logical structure of questionnaires
Author(s) -
Willenborg L. C. R. J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
statistica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1467-9574
pISSN - 0039-0402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9574.1995.tb01457.x
Subject(s) - consistency (knowledge bases) , set (abstract data type) , test (biology) , mathematics , computer science , algorithm , logical conjunction , theoretical computer science , calculus (dental) , discrete mathematics , medicine , programming language , paleontology , biology , dentistry
The logical structure of a questionnaire is formally defined. This structure essentially consists of a set of constraints that should be obeyed by the joint answers to the questions in the questionnaire. The computational complexity of several test procedures for checking the consistency of the logical structure of a questionnaire is discussed.