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Maximizing Test Battery Prediction when the Weights are Required to be Non-Negative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Joseph Lev
Joseph Lev*
Affiliation:
New York State Department of Civil Service
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Abstract

A procedure is developed for computing optimum regression weights under the restriction that they be non-negative. The weights maximize, subject to the restrictions, the multiple correlation between several predictors and a criterion. A numerical example is provided.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , September 1956 , pp. 245 - 252
Copyright
Copyright © 1956 The Psychometric Society

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References

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