none

Aliases

• FQnone
• no form quality code
• no FQ

Definition

none is used when the response does not receive a form quality code. This means form is not available as a codable basis for judging form fit. A blank field is unfinished coding, not FQnone; select none explicitly when it applies.

Conditions

• The response does not provide usable form basis for assigning +, o, u, or -.
• The code is used to separate these responses from those that do receive a specific FQ.
• Apply it cautiously and only when form quality truly should not be coded.

Cautions

• none is not the same as scoring-input/fq/-. - means poor fit; none means no FQ code applies.
• Do not change a poor-fit response into none just because it is difficult.
• Check the involved determinants before deciding that no codable FQ is present.

Cross References

• [Coding/Form Quality] FQ
• [Coding/Determinants] M
• [Coding/Special Scores] AB