Polynym Math

set comparison between two polynyms

Pmeasurement ⊥ Panthropology


Equality

$$A \neq B$$
A is not equal to B

Subset

$$A \not\subseteq B$$
A is not a subset of or equal to B

Superset

$$A \not\supseteq B$$
A is not a superset of or equal to B

Intersection

$$A \cap B =$$
{ }

Union

$$A \cup B =$$
{ archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, interval, linguistic anthropology, nominal, ordinal, ratio }

Symmetric Difference

$$A \ominus B =$$
{ archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, interval, linguistic anthropology, nominal, ordinal, ratio }

Difference

$$A - B =$$
{ interval, nominal, ordinal, ratio }

Difference

$$B - A =$$
{ archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology }

Cartesian Product

$$A \times B =$$
{ (interval, archaeology),
(interval, biological anthropology),
(interval, cultural anthropology),
(interval, linguistic anthropology),
(nominal, archaeology),
(nominal, biological anthropology),
(nominal, cultural anthropology),
(nominal, linguistic anthropology),
(ordinal, archaeology),
(ordinal, biological anthropology),
(ordinal, cultural anthropology),
(ordinal, linguistic anthropology),
(ratio, archaeology),
(ratio, biological anthropology),
(ratio, cultural anthropology),
(ratio, linguistic anthropology) }

measurement

Source
Stanley Smith Stevens
Area
Psychology
Mode
step
Depth
4
User
scotty


vs.

Polynym
Anthropology

anthropology

Source
Franz Boaz
Area
Anthropology
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
davekud
4 steps of measurement

4 types of anthropology
nominal
ordinal
interval
ratio

archaeology
biological anthropology
cultural anthropology
linguistic anthropology
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