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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821734903321

Autore

Cliff Norman <1930->

Titolo

Ordinal measurement in the behavioral sciences [[electronic resource] /] / Norman Cliff, John A. Keats

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003

ISBN

1-282-37435-4

9786612374357

1-4106-0680-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KeatsJ. A (John Augustus)

Disciplina

150/.28/7

Soggetti

Psychology - Mathematical models

Social sciences - Statistical methods

Analysis of variance

Psychological tests - Statistical methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-217) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Purpose of Psychological Assessment; Chapter 2: What Makes a Variable a Scale?; Chapter 3: Types of Assessment; Chapter 4: Item Scores and Their Addition to Obtain Total Test Scores in the Case of Dichotomous Items; Chapter 5: Item Scores and Their Addition to Obtain Total Test Scores in the Case of Polytomous Items; Chapter 6: Dominance Analysis of Tests; Chapter 7: Approaches to Ordering Things and Stimuli; Chapter 8: Alternatives to Complete Paired Comparisons; Chapter 9: The Unfolding Model

Chapter 10: The Application of Ordinal Test Theory to Items in Tests Used in Cross-Cultural ComparisonsAppendix A: FLOW CHART FOR A PROGRAM TO CARRY OUT A COMPLETE ITEM ANALYSIS OF ITEMS IN A TEST OR SCALE USING A SMALL PERSONAL COMPUTER; Appendix B: STATISTICAL TABLES; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an alternative method for measuring individual differences in psychological, educational, and other behavioral sciences studies. It is based on the assumptions of ordinal statistics as explained in Norman Cliff's 1996 Ordinal Methods for Behavioral Data



Analysis. It provides the necessary background on ordinal measurement to permit its use to assess psychological and psychophysical tests and scales and interpret the data obtained. The authors believe that some of the behavioral measurement models used today do not fit the data or are inherently self-contradictory. App