Scaling
An introduction to scaling and scale construction.
Topics
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Thurstone or Equal-Appearing
Interval Scaling
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Paired comparisons
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Likert or "Summative" Scaling
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Guttman or "Cumulative" Scaling
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Torgerson scaling
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Multidimensional scaling
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Optimal scaling (correspondence
analysis)
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Goodman RC models
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Conjoint scaling
Readings
- Alan Booth, David Johnson, John N. Edwards. 1983.
Journal of Marriage and the Family,
Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 387-394
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Handouts
- Swenson. Building an additive scale [html]
- Borgatti
- Trochim.
On Scaling
- spss faq of cronbach's alpha [html]
Related Modules
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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]
Non functional
O'Connor. Scales and Indices [html] |
