Date:         Wed, 5 Nov 2003 13:14:43 -0700
Reply-To:     "Raymond V. Liedka" <liedka@unm.edu>
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From:         "Raymond V. Liedka" <liedka@unm.edu>
Subject:      Re: The cost of Dichotomizing - Stevens?
Comments: To: Adrian Musters <Adrian.Musters@nurs.utah.edu>
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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Adrian Musters wrote:

> I'm doing some research on dichotomizing symptoms and the information
> lost when dimensional symptoms are dichotomized.  I remember that there
> was a paper called "The cost of dichotomizing" and I think it was by
> Stevens.  Does anyone know where I can find this article?
>

Another piece in this area is:

Robert M. O'Brien, "Using Rank-Order Measures to Represent Continuous
Variables"  Social Forces 61: 144-155.  (Sept 1982)

ray

Raymond V. Liedka
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
University of New Mexico