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TOWARD A MORE RESPONSIBLE USE OF UNIDIMENSIONAL DETERMINISTIC SCALING

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1976
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The purpose of this thesis is to examine the problem of employing unidimensional deterministic scaling in a multidimensional probabilistic world. The best known unidimensional deterministic scaling method is Guttman scaling. The scope of inquiry is limited to scaling with four dichotomous scale items. As a consequence of this examination, the paper offers two contributions to the study of scaling. First, it identifies two paradoxes of existing unidimensional deterministic scaling methods. Second, it suggests a general framework, called segment analysis, from which to approach unidimensional deterministic scaling with dichotomous scale items.
Title: TOWARD A MORE RESPONSIBLE USE OF UNIDIMENSIONAL DETERMINISTIC SCALING.
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Name(s): HERB, JAMES ALLAN.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Thomas, Robert D., Thesis advisor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Department of Political Science
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1976
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 121 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this thesis is to examine the problem of employing unidimensional deterministic scaling in a multidimensional probabilistic world. The best known unidimensional deterministic scaling method is Guttman scaling. The scope of inquiry is limited to scaling with four dichotomous scale items. As a consequence of this examination, the paper offers two contributions to the study of scaling. First, it identifies two paradoxes of existing unidimensional deterministic scaling methods. Second, it suggests a general framework, called segment analysis, from which to approach unidimensional deterministic scaling with dichotomous scale items.
Identifier: 13826 (digitool), FADT13826 (IID), fau:10654 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.
Subject(s): Psychometrics
Scale analysis (Psychology)
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