Research Article

Measuring the Complex Construct of Macroergonomic Compatibility: A Manufacturing System Case Study

Table 3

Correspondence among linguistic terms, fuzzy numbers, and crisp numbers for the MCQ-WV and MCQ-EV scales.

DataTypeFuzzy numberCrisp number

MCQ-WV
Totally disagreePunctuation(0, 0, 0.4)0.13
Strongly disagreePunctuation(0.2, 0.4, 0.6)0.4
NeutralPunctuation(0.4, 0.6, 0.8)0.6
Strongly agreePunctuation(0.6, 0.8, 1)0.8
Totally agreePunctuation(0.8, 1, 1)0.93

MCQ-EV
Very lowWeighting(0, 0, 0.3)0.1
LowWeighting(0, 0.25, 0.5)0.25
MediumWeighting(0.3, 0.5, 0.7)0.5
HighWeighting(0.5, 0.75, 1)0.75
Very highWeighting(0.7, 1, 1)0.9