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Multivariate Thurstonian Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Ulf Böckenholt
Ulf Böckenholt*
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University of Illinois, Champaign
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Abstract

The recent development of probabilistic Thurstonian choice models for analyzing preference data has been motivated by the need to describe both inter- and intra-individual difference, the multidimensional nature of choice objects, and the effects of similarity and comparability among choice objects. A common feature of these models is that they focus on a single preference judgment. It is customary, however, to ask subjects not only for an overall preference judgment but also for additional paired comparison responses regarding specific attributes. This paper proposes a generalization of Thurstonian probabilistic choice models for analyzing both multiple preference responses and their relationships. The approach is illustrated by modeling data from two multivariate preference experiments.

Keywords

paired comparisonBahadur's approximationThurstonian models

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Psychometrika , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , June 1990, pp. 391 - 403
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Copyright © 1990 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

I am grateful to James, Austin, Ingo Böckenholt, and anonymous referees for helpful comments on this research. This paper is based on research presented at the Meeting of the Society for the Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioral Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands, December 1988.

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