A Technique for Improving Cumulative Scales.
This paper introduces a simple new procedure for obtaining a cumulative-type scale which should have properties of high reproducibility, high test-retest reliability and high stability from sample to sample in rank order of cutting points. Moreover, none of these properties need be obtained at the c...
| Published in: | Public Opinion Quarterly Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 273 - 292 |
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