Volume 4
Volume 4, Number 72 |
September 8, 2006 |
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Jennifer M. Tastle
William J. Tastle
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Abstract: The existence of an ordinal measure already exists and is well justified, but a modest extension of the consensus formula permits Likert scale data to be assessed with respect to a predetermined value, and the results used for comparisons and trajectories. The new measure, called the strength of consensus, is a modification of both the Shannon entropy, an equation common to the foundation of information theory, and the standard consensus measure.
Keywords: strength of consensus, agreement, consensus, ordinal measure, entropy
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Recommended Citation: Tastle and Tastle (2006). Extending the Consensus Measure: Analyzing Ordinal Data With Respect to Extrema. Information Systems Education Journal, 4 (72). http://isedj.org/4/72/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2005: §2322. ISSN: 1542-7382.)