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The Method of Minimum Variation for the Combination of Criteria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Harold A. Edgerton  and
Laverne E. Kolbe
Harold A. Edgerton
Affiliation:
Occupational Research Program U. S. Employment Service Washington, D. C.
Laverne E. Kolbe
Affiliation:
Occupational Research Program U. S. Employment Service Washington, D. C.
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Abstract

The problem of weighting separate criterion variates is solved by minimizing the differences among the standard scores of the individual upon the various measures. The method is compared with Horst's procedure of maximizing the inter-individual differences. An application is made to personnel data.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , September 1936 , pp. 183 - 187
Copyright
Copyright © 1936 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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This technique was developed in connection with a study of the prediction of success of salespersons, which is being carried on by the Occupational Research Program of the United States Employment Service.

References

* Horst, Paul. Obtaining a ,Composite Measure from a Number of Different Measures of the Same Attribute. Psychometrika, 936, 1, 53–60.