Unidimensional scaling /
Introducing the fundamentals of scaling theory & construction, focusing on a variety of unidimensional scaling models, the authors present an overview and comparative analysis of such techniques as Thurstone scaling, Likert scaling, Guttman scaling, and unfolding theory.
| Основен автор: | McIver, John P. |
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| Други автори: | Carmines, Edward G. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Beverly Hills, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
℗♭1981.
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| Серия: |
Quantitative applications in the social sciences ;
no. 07-024. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=24799 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Unidimensional scaling. |
Съдържание:
- 1. Introduction == Purposes of scaling
- Approaches to scaling
- Item trace lines of scaling models
- Types of data
- Multidimensional versus unidimensional models
- Multiitem versus single-item scales
- 2. Thurstone scaling
- The law of comparative judgment
- Method of equal-appearing intervals
- Limitations of Thurstone scaling
- 3. Likert scaling
- Constructing a likert scale
- Assessing a Likert scale
- Criticisms of Likert's approach
- An example of Likert scaling: The Rosenberg self-esteem scale
- 4. An introduction to Guttman scaling
- Assessment of error
- Scale construction
- Assignment of scale scores
- Guttman scaling and item analysis
- Senate voting
- the structure of support for a Consumer Protection Agency (an example of Guttman scaling)
- Participation in politics-a cumulative scale?
- 5. Issues in Guttman scaling
- Too many respondents/too many items
- Missing data
- Polytomous items
- Errors-how to interpret them, what to do about them
- Significance tests for Guttman scales
- a new approach
- 6. Unfolding theory
- The basic model
- Unfolding in a single dimension
- Metric information from ordinal data
- Goodness-of-fit criteria
- An example
- measuring cosmopolitanism
- Trust in government: a second example.