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Table 1 Membership scores for outcome of interest and variables (similar to 4-point scale in questionnaire)

From: Acceptability of innovative biomass heating plants in a German case study—a contribution to cultural landscape management and local energy supply

Membership scores

Outcome of interest

Items

0

Extremely unlikely implementation, rejection

I completely disagree.

0.3

Unlikely implementation

I mostly disagree.

0.5

Neither acceptance nor rejection*

Neither agree nor disagree*.

0.7

Rather likely implementation

I mostly agree.

1

Very likely implementation, acceptance

I completely agree.

  1. *Items are not used in the questionnaire but have to be defined as qualitative anchor according to the QCA rules