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On the Sensitivity of a Composite to its Weights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Raymond F. Koopman
Raymond F. Koopman*
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University
*
Requests for reprints should be sent to R. F. Koopman, Psychology Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. V5A IS6, CANADA.
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Abstract

A method is presented for investigating two aspects of the sensitivity of a linear composite to the values of its weights.

Keywords

sensitivitylinear compositeweights
Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , December 1988 , pp. 547 - 552
Copyright
Copyright © 1988 The Psychometric Society

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