A method of analysis of relations between performance and patterns of decision criteria for a test battery (pass-fail) using Boolean switching circuit theory is presented. The method does not require assumptions of additivity, linearity or independence, usually required by profile and/or regression methods and deals equally well with nominal as well as scaled data.
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