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Difference between Circularity and Transitivity?
What's the difference between the two properties? They look identical to me.
According to this: http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=5519 They are the same.
If my dog had circularity he'd be sniffing his own tail, if he had transitivity he'd be sniffing some other dogs tail.
transitivity sounds more one-way and possibly branching:
trans: a is to b b is to c c is to d d is to e d is to f d is to g therefore b is to f
circularity sounds, well circular : a is to b b is to c c is to d therefore d is to a
trans: a is to b b is to c c is to d d is to e d is to f d is to g therefore b is to f
circularity sounds, well circular : a is to b b is to c c is to d therefore d is to a
Hi, grg99 is correct..
I will again consider simpler version of his example..
If a -> b and b -> c, then
A) Circularity: c -> a
B) Transitivity: a -> c
So, the only difference is that the direction of carrying out the operation is interchanged.
Now, consider the example..
If 10 < 20, 20 < 30
Then
A) Circularity: 30 < 10.. which is certainly not true.. and hence, circularity fails
B) Transitivity: 10 < 30.. which is true and hence, transitivity holds
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Harish
I will again consider simpler version of his example..
If a -> b and b -> c, then
A) Circularity: c -> a
B) Transitivity: a -> c
So, the only difference is that the direction of carrying out the operation is interchanged.
Now, consider the example..
If 10 < 20, 20 < 30
Then
A) Circularity: 30 < 10.. which is certainly not true.. and hence, circularity fails
B) Transitivity: 10 < 30.. which is true and hence, transitivity holds
---
Harish
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