Table 4 Enumerations used to change qualitative descriptions of fatality counts to quantitative, to allow numerical analyses
From: A statistical analysis of the global historical volcanic fatalities record
| Qualitative description | Quantitative value, from Simkin et al. (2001) |
|---|---|
| Few | 3 |
| Some | 3 |
| Several | 5 |
| Unknown | 15 |
| Many | 100 |
| Hundreds | 300 |