Information on 7,184 respondents of the Duke University and Johns Hopkins University Epidemiologic Catchment Areas (ECA) studies were analyzed using a fuzzy set classification procedure called Grade of Membership (GoM) analysis. A formal description of GoM analysis and its relationship to other...

The analysis of many social and health policy issues requires the use of multiple data sources from a diverse body of scientific and technical studies. Although individual data sets are rigorously analyzed, integration of the results of these analyses to resolve policy questions is often...