BACKGROUND: Research confirms that physical activity (PA) is irreplaceable in a healthy and physically active lifestyle. One of the key research questions is what the optimal level of everyday PA for health is and how it should be quantified and interpreted. Formal concept analysis is one possible way of how to assess and describe the level of PA as related to personal data. OBJECTIVE: The main goal of this study was to introduce the method of Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) using data from the ANEWS questionnaire and data from the objective monitoring of a number of steps using the YAMAX SW-701 pedometer. A further aim was to adopt the most appropriate method within the FCA. METHODS: A random sample of 273 males aged 18-69 from selected regional centers participated in the study. RESULTS: The example of daily steps allows for the demonstration of how important it is to select a scale in FCA data analysis. It is better to use an ordinal scale for the daily number of steps (in our example); because, in so doing, we create the attributes that can be ordered (a lower number of steps is also insufficient). CONCLUSIONS: A rough scale produces easier lattice with the general scope of the observed attributes. The smoothing of the scale produces more difficult lattice and makes for more difficult analyses, but gives more detailed results. FCA requires more expertise from a researcher than do "classical" testing statistics, but gives us deeper insight into the examination of the problem.
N. Spangenberg, K. Wolff, and S. Lübben. Psychoanalytic research by means of formal concept analysis, Special des Sigmund--Freud--Instituts, Lit Verlag, Münster, (to appear)
N. Spangenberg, R. Fischer, and K. Wolff. Psychoanalytic research by means of formal concept analysis, Special des Sigmund--Freud--Instituts, Lit Verlag, Münster, (to appear)
T. Hanika, and T. Hille. Conceptual Knowledge Structures - First International Joint Conference, CONCEPTS 2024, Cádiz, Spain, September 9-13, 2024, Proceedings, volume 14914 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, page 97--112. Springer, (2024)
J. Hirth, V. Horn, G. Stumme, and T. Hanika. Graph-Based Representation and Reasoning - 28th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2023, Berlin, Germany, September 11-13, 2023, Proceedings, 14133, page 138--152. (2023)
B. Ganter, T. Hanika, and J. Hirth. Formal Concept Analysis - 17th International Conference, ICFCA 2023, Kassel, Germany, July 17-21, 2023, Proceedings, volume 13934 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, page 64--77. Springer, (2023)
B. Ganter, T. Hanika, and J. Hirth. Formal Concept Analysis - 17th International Conference, ICFCA 2023, Kassel, Germany, July 17-21, 2023, Proceedings, volume 13934 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, page 64--77. Springer, (2023)
T. Hanika, and J. Hirth. Accepted for Publication in Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, (2022)cite arxiv:2002.11776Comment: 13 pages, 10 figures.
T. Hanika, and J. Hirth. Formal Concept Analysis - 16th International Conference, ICFCA 2021, Strasbourg, France, June 29 - July 2, 2021, Proceedings, volume 12733 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, page 261--269. Springer, (2021)
T. Hanika, and J. Hirth. Formal Concept Analysis - 16th International Conference, ICFCA 2021, Strasbourg, France, June 29 - July 2, 2021, Proceedings, volume 12733 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, page 261--269. Springer, (2021)
T. Hanika, F. Schneider, and G. Stumme. Accepted for publication in: Tohoku Mathematical Journal, (2020)cite arxiv:1801.07985Comment: v2: completely rewritten 28 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables.
S. Hampe, M. Joswig, and B. Schröter. Journal of Symbolic Computation, (2019)MEGA 2017, Effective Methods in Algebraic Geometry, Nice (France), June 12-16, 2017..