Posted by NC on 05/06/06 23:07

TristaSD wrote:
>
> I'm following you.
>
> However, I don't understand how I would tie in the second question
> about the importance of gas mileage.
>
> Suppose I have the field 'mileage' in the database. All vehicles are
> scored on the 10-point scale depending on how gas-guzzling they are.
> So a Cav is 7, Focus is 7, Civic is 8, Prius is 10, VW TDI is 10, Aveo
> and Echo are 9, Ford F-150 is 2, Humscalade is 1, etc.
>
> How would I tie that question in with the logic is the question asks
> "important" or "not important"?

It's entirely up to you. You could say that "important" would add, say
7 points to the relative importance of fuel economy, while
"unimportant" would not change that weight. Or, you could rewrite the
question to something like, "On a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being
absolutely unimportant and 10 being extremely important), how important
is fuel economy to you?" and put a <SELECT> menu next to it.

Cheers,
NC

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