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Violations of transitivity in paired comparison

Same respondent, same pairing — and yet contradictory answers:

2.2 · Comparative Scales Ordinal Data

Violations of transitivity in paired comparison


Same respondent, same pairing — and yet contradictory answers:

Comparison 1 Apple > Tomato
Comparison 2 Tomato > Apple

From "Apple ≻ Tomato" and "Tomato ≻ Apple" no rank order can be formed — the preferences are contradictory (intransitive).

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