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A Rationale for the Measurement of Traits in Individuals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Clyde H. Coombs
Clyde H. Coombs*
Affiliation:
University of Michigan
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Abstract

Hypotheses presented in a previous paper conceive of an individual's position on an attitude scale as represented by a mean position (status score) and a sigma (dispersion score). The testing of these hypotheses requires a determination of these two scores for each individual. A rationale is presented here for the determination of these two scores for an individual from his forced choice responses to pairs of items of nearly equal scale value.

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Original Paper
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Psychometrika , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , June 1948 , pp. 59 - 68
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Copyright © 1948 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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This study was made possible by the Bureau of Psychological Services, Institute for Human Adjustment, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan.

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Coombs, C. H. Some hypotheses for the analysis of qualitative variables. Psyehol. Rev., (in press).