TABLE V

Ranking Matrix

C1C2Cj
A1F11F12F1j
A2F21F22F2j
AiFi1Fi2Fij
Weighted scores
    A1Fw11Fw12Fw1j
    A2Fw21Fw22Fw2j
    AiFwi1Fwi2Fwij
Ranked scores
    A1RR11RR12RR1j
    A2RR21RR22RR2j
    AiRRi1RRi2RRij
    RankCj →C1 = ∑ Ri1C2 = ∑ Ri2Ck = ∑ Rij
  • i = 1 … n and j = 1 … k.

  • A, article; n, sample size; k, number of transformation triggers; F, trigger frequency (1, present; 0, absent); Fw, weighted trigger frequency; RR, reverse rank of each data point.