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Scaling Methods.

Scaling Methods is written for professionals in the behavioral sciences who analyze data that results from subjective responses. Other books on scaling attitudes or measuring perceptions focus on the psychometrician's view of measurement. This book focuses on the users' view by concentrati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunn-Rankin, Peter
Otros Autores: Knezek, Gerald A., Wallace, Susan R., Zhang, Shuqiang
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; What's New?; Content and Organization; Acknowledgements; PART I: FOUNDATIONS; 1. SCALING DEFINED; Relative Measurement; The Fahrehheit Scale; Psychological Objects; Mapping; Introduction to Scaling; Euclidean Space; Guttman Scales; Judgments or Choices; 2. TASKS; Ordering; Paired Comparisons; Circular Triads; Partial Ranks and Balanced Incomplete Block Designs; Direct Ranking; Ranks and Rank Values; Tetrads (Pairs of Pairs); Arranging Pairs; Flow Diagram for Analysis of Ordinal Tasks; CD-ROM Example of BIB.
  • Categorical RatingsJudgments; The Semantic Differential; Simple Scoring; Subsets of Items; Steps in Ordered Category Scale Construction; Ordered Category Example; Restrictions of Ordered Categories; Number of and Naming of Categories; Flow Diagram for Ordered Category Analysis; Free Clustering; Steps in Free Clustering; Inter-Judge Distances; Individualized Free Clustering; Flow Diagram for Free Clustering Analysis; CD-ROM Example of Using PEROVER; CD-ROM Example of Using JUDGED; Similarity Judgments; Paired Comparisons; Ranking Pairs; Rating Similarity Between Pairs; Clustering Then Pairing.
  • Triadic ComparisonsRatio Estimation; Conditional Ranking; Same-Different; Latency; Ranking Versus Rating Pairs; Analysis of Similarities; Flow Diagram for Similarity Judgments Analysis; CD-ROM Example of AVEMAT; CD-ROM Example of INDMAT; 3. MEASURES OF PROXIMITY; Correlations; Pearson's Correlation; SAS Example of Calculating Correlations; Significance of r; Squaring the Correlation Coefficient; Kendall's tau Correlation; Gamma Correlation; Distances; Standardized Distance; Mahalanobis d2; Minkowski Metric; Triangle Inequality; Scalar Products; Association; Direct Estimation of Proximity.
  • Percent OverlapMinimum Percentage; Interjudge Distances Following Free Clustering; Gower's Similarity Measure; Kappa; A Distance Macro from SAS; PART II: UNIDIMENSIONAL METHODS; 4. RANK SCALING; Variance Stable Rank Sums; Test of Significance; Number of Judges; Discussion; Application 1: Direct Ranking of Counselor Roles; Application 2: Letter Similarity Scales; CD-ROM Example Using RANKO; Circular Triad Analysis; Judge Circular Triads (JCT); Coefficient of Consistency; Tests for Circularity; Application: Circularity Among Adjective Pairs; Circular Triad Analysis; Discussion.
  • CD-ROM Example Using TRICIR5. ORDER ANALYSIS; Guttman Scaling; Goodenough's Error Counting; Application 1. Cloze Tests in Reading; Application 2. Arithmetic Achievement; Significance of a Guttman Scale; CD-ROM Example Using SCALO; Mokken Scales; Dominance Theory of Order; CD-ROM Example Using ORDER; Fisher's Exact Probability; CT3 Index; Rescaling Reliability; Application Example; Partial Correlations As A Measure of Transitivity; 6. COMPARATIVE JUDGMENT; Attitudes are Normally Distributed; Thurstone's Case V; Case V Example; Reliability; Application: Seriousness of Crimes Then and Now.
  • Case V Program.