Ana Nieto-Morote, Francisco Ruz-Vila
On the Term Set's Semantics for Pairwise Comparisons in Fuzzy Linguistic Preference Models
Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)
paper review available summary measures magnitude socioeconomic inequalities health measures used differ number important respects including 1 measurement relative absolute differences 2 measurement effect lower socioeconomic status total impact socioeconomic inequalities inhealth upon health status population 3 simple versus sophisticated measurement techniques based analysis summary measures previously applied eight different classes summary measures distinguished measures total impact subdivided basis underlying assumptions finally arrive 12 types summary measure merits choice particular type summary measure depend partly technical considerations partly ones perspective socioeconomic inequalities health practice often useful compare results several summary measures principles illustrated two examples one trends magnitude inequalities mortality occupational class finland one trends magnitude inequalities selfreported morbidity level education netherlands