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A Solution for Case III of the Law of Comparative Judgment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Raymond H. Burros and
W. A. Gibson
Raymond H. Burros
Affiliation:
University of Illinois
W. A. Gibson
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina
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Abstract

A solution for Case III of the Law of Comparative Judgment, modeled after Thurstone's solution for Case IV but eliminating the restrictive assumption of relatively equal discriminal dispersions, is developed.

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Psychometrika , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , March 1954, pp. 57 - 64
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Copyright © 1954 Psychometric Society

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