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Scaling


An introduction to scaling and scale construction.

 

Topics

  • Thurstone or Equal-Appearing Interval Scaling

  • Paired comparisons

  • Likert or "Summative" Scaling

  • Guttman or "Cumulative" Scaling

  • Torgerson scaling

  • Multidimensional scaling

  • Optimal scaling (correspondence analysis)

  • Goodman RC models

  • Conjoint scaling

Readings

  • Alan Booth, David Johnson, John N. Edwards. 1983. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 387-394 [^pdf]

 

  

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Bibliography


Classics

  • Likert, R. (1932). "A Technique for the Measurement of Attitudes" Archives of Psychology 140, 55.
  • Nunnally, J. (1978). Psychometric Theory. NY: McGraw Hill.
  • Stevens, S. (Ed.) (1951). Handbook of Experimental Psychology. NY: Wiley.
  • Thurstone, L. & E. Chave. (1929). The Measurement of Attitudes. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.

Other Useful Papers

  • Notes by Cronbach on his Alpha Coefficient [doc]

Misc

  • O'Connor. Scales and Indices [html]
 

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