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Table 2 The output of the direct calibration method of data conversion original data to fuzzy-set

From: Evidence from Fogera district in Ethiopia on configuration of farmer's information literacy conditions that explain better productivity performance of the horticultural crops

Variables

Full membership

Cross-over point

(maximum ambiguity)

Full non-membership

Fuzzy score

Obs

%

Fuzzy score

Obs

%

Fuzzy score

Obs

%

Outcome variables

 Productivity

0.95

40

50.00

0.5

25

31.25

0.05

15

18.75

 Profitability

0.95

43

53.75

0.5

24

30.0

0.05

13

16.25

 Production quality

0.95

31

38.75

0.5

37

46.25

0.05

12

15.00

Conditions/indicator variables

 Formal education

0.95

14

17.50

0.5

39

48.75

0

27

33.75

 Farm organizational skill

0.95

56

70.00

0.5

16

20.0

0

8

10.00

 Farm record-keeping

0.95

44

55.00

0.5

29

36.25

0

7

8.75

 Farming skill

0.95

48

60.00

0.5

22

27.50

0

10

12.50

  1. Source: own analysis [2020]