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A Note on Dual Scaling of Successive Categories Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Shizuhiko Nishisato and
Wen-Jenn Sheu
Shizuhiko Nishisato*
Affiliation:
The Ontario Institute for Studies in EducationThe University of Toronto
Wen-Jenn Sheu
Affiliation:
The Ontario Institute for Studies in EducationThe University of Toronto
*
Requests for a reprint should be addressed to S. Nishisato, Department of Measurement, Evaluation, and Computer Applications, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1V6.
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Abstract

Three methods for dual scaling of successive categories data are formulated. They are mathematically equivalent, and provide an appropriate technique to determine stimulus values and category boundaries on a joint scale, a problem that Nishisato's method (1980a) failed to handle.

Keywords

dominance relationsGuttman's approach to quantifying paired comparison and rank-order data

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Psychometrika , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , December 1984, pp. 493 - 500
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

This study was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Grant No. A7942) to S. Nishisato. Comments on the earlier draft from anonymous reviewers were most helpful and much appreciated.

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