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The purpose of this article is to show that a relationship can be established between Osgood and Suci'sD based on raw scores and scores obtained from factor analysis data without equalizing the means and variances of each individual's set of scores.
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Sakoda, J.M. Osgood and Suci's measure of pattern similarity andQ-technique factor analysis. Psychometrika 19, 253–256 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02289189
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