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A Method for the Study of Interstimulus Similarity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Clyde H. Coombs
Clyde H. Coombs*
Affiliation:
University of Michigan
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Abstract

A generalized method for collecting data on interstimulus similarity is presented and its special cases evaluated by use of information theory. A method of analyzing the data by the Unfolding Technique is presented which permits the study of the latent attribute structure underlying the similarity of stimuli for a single individual.

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Psychometrika , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , September 1954, pp. 183 - 194
Copyright
Copyright © 1954 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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This study was carried out under Office of Naval Research Contract Nonr 374 (00) NR 041-011.

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