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A FURTHER STUDY OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT SCALING METHODS
Author(s) -
Ekman Gösta,
Künnapas Teodor
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1963.tb01310.x
Subject(s) - scaling , psychology , transformation (genetics) , scale (ratio) , statistics , estimation , logarithm , construct (python library) , econometrics , social psychology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , computer science , chemistry , physics , economics , biochemistry , geometry , quantum mechanics , gene , programming language , management
The direct method of ratio estimation and the indirect method of pair comparisons were used to construct scales of the political importance of eleven Swedish monarchs. The scale from pair comparisons on the assumption of Case V was a logarithmic transformation of the ratio estimation scale. This is in line with the results obtained in several previous studies.