Scores were
calculated for each indicator as well as for averages of related indicators that measure
the same underlying concept of implementation. Based on the three
-
option model, each indicator
receives one of the three possible scores according to a 0.0
-
1.0 scale:
1.0 for Option 1, 0.50 for Option
2, 0.0 for Option 3. The scale is thus comparable to the scale for the CITLAW indicators. For the
descriptive analysis for this report, the means were also compared to the median and mode scores on
each indicator. The repo
rt also expresses the meaning of CITIMP scores in terms of the favourability
of the dimension or the procedure. This scale is presented in the table below. These descriptions are
used throughout the text as a ‘key’ to the assessment of the country’s perfor
mance
—
they give
indications of what a country’s formal administrative practices look like within the ordinary
naturalisation procedure: