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A rationale for the measurement of traits in individuals

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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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  1. University of Michigan, USA

    Clyde H. Coombs

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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. A rationale for the measurement of traits in individuals. Psychometrika 13, 59–68 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02289075

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