Research Article
Fuzzy Nonbalanced Hedonic Scale (F-NBHS): A New Method for Treatments of Food Preference Data Collected with Hedonic Scales of Points
Table 2
Determination of the starting and ending points of each category based on a 9-point fuzzy nonbalanced scale.
| Number of points in the scale (t) | n | Scale area | Starting point of category | Ending point of category |
| 9 | −4 | Lower extreme | Minimum possible value | Center of neighboring category | −3 | Intermediate | Minimum possible value | Center of 2nd neighboring category | −2 | Intermediate | Minimum possible value | Central value | −1 | Intermediate | Center of 2nd neighboring category | Central value | 0 | Central | Center of neighboring category | Neighboring category center | 1 | Intermediate | Central value | Center of 2nd neighboring category | 2 | Intermediate | Central value | Maximum possible value | 3 | Intermediate | Center of 2nd neighboring category | Maximum possible value | 4 | Upper extreme | Center of neighboring category | Maximum possible value |
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