Table 6: Relation between expression of characteristics and scale levels of data for the assessment of distinctness and uniformity Distinctness Uniformity Example Name of Unit of Description Type of Unit of Description Type of characteristic assessment (states of expression) trial assessment (states of expression) trial 1 Sex of plant 1 dioecious female nominal discrete True-type Number of plants nominal discrete 2 dioecious male belonging to the variety 3 monoecious unisexual 4 monoecious hermaphrodite Off-type Number of 2 Leaf blade: 1 absent nominal discrete True-type Number of plants nominal discrete variegation 9 present belonging to the variety Off-type Number of off-types 3 Length of plant cm assessment in cm ratio conti- cm assessment in cm ratio continuous without digits after decimal point nuous without digits decimal point True-type Number of plants nominal discrete belonging to the variety Off-type Number of off-types 4 Number of counts 1, 2, 3, ... , 40, 41, ... ratio discrete counts 1, 2, 3, ... , 40, 41, ... ratio discrete stamens 5 Time of beginning Date e.g. May 21, 51st day interval discrete Date e.g. May 21, 51st day interval discrete of flowering from April 1 from 1 True-type Number of plants nominal discrete belonging to the variety Off-type Number of off-types 6 Intensity of 1 very low ordinal discrete True-type Number of plants nominal discrete anthocyanin 2 very low to low (with an belonging to the variety 3 low underlying 4 low to medium Off-type Number of off-types 5 medium 6 medium to high variable) 7 high 8 high to very high 9 very high
Table 6: Relation between expression of characteristics and scale levels of data for the assessment of distinctness and uniformity Example Name of characteristic Distinctness Uniformity Unit of assessment Description (states of expression) Type of Unit of assessment Description (states of expression) Type of 1 Sex of plant 1 2 3 4 dioecious female dioecious male monoecious unisexual monoecious hermaphrodite nominal discrete True-type Off-type Number of plants belonging to the variety Number of nominal discrete 2 Leaf blade: variegation 1 9 absent present nominal discrete True-type Off-type Number of plants belonging to the variety Number of off-types nominal discrete 3 Length of plant cm assessment in cm without digits after decimal point ratio conti- nuous cm assessment in cm without digits decimal point ratio continuous True-type Off-type Number of plants belonging to the variety Number of off-types nominal discrete 4 Number of stamens counts 1, 2, 3, ... , 40, 41, ... ratio discrete counts 1, 2, 3, ... , 40, 41, ... ratio discrete 5 Time of beginning of flowering Date e.g. May 21, 51st day from April 1 interval discrete Date e.g. May 21, 51st day from 1 interval discrete True-type Off-type Number of plants belonging to the variety Number of off-types nominal discrete 6 Intensity of anthocyanin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 very low very low to low low low to medium medium medium to high high high to very high very high ordinal discrete (with an underlying variable) True-type Off-type Number of plants belonging to the variety Number of off-types nominal discrete trial trial
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