From: Communicating the status of volcanic activity: revising New Zealand’s volcanic alert level system
Foundation of VAL System | ||||||
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Phenomena-based | Hazard-based | Process-based | Risk-based | Multi-foundation | ||
End-users (n = 8) | Subtotal (sum of ranks) | 24 | 22 | 24 | 29 | 21 |
Mean of subtotal | 3.00 | 2.75 | 3.00 | 3.63 | 2.63 | |
Number of counts in position 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
Number of counts in position 1 or 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
Number of counts in position 1 or 2 or 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |
Scientists (n = 9) | Subtotal (sum of ranks) | 17 | 25 | 25 | 40 | 28 |
Mean of subtotal | 1.89 | 2.78 | 2.78 | 4.44 | 3.11 | |
Number of counts in position 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Number of counts in position 1 or 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
Number of counts in position 1 or 2 or 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
All participants (n = 17) | Total (sum of ranks) | 41 | 47 | 49 | 69 | 49 |
Overall mean | 2.41 | 2.76 | 2.88 | 4.06 | 2.88 | |
Number of counts in position 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
Number of counts in position 1 or 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | |
Number of counts in position 1 or 2 or 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 12 |