Scaling Methods

Author:   Peter Dunn-Rankin ,  Gerald A. Knezek ,  Susan R. Wallace ,  Shuqiang Zhang
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
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9781138143029


Pages:   254
Publication Date:   11 April 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Peter Dunn-Rankin ,  Gerald A. Knezek ,  Susan R. Wallace ,  Shuqiang Zhang
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Psychology Press Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9781138143029


ISBN 10:   1138143022
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   11 April 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Part I: Foundations. Scaling Defined. Tasks. Measures of Proximity. Part II: Unidimensional Methods. Rank Scaling. Order Analysis. Comparative Judgement. Categorical Ratings. Part III: Clustering. Graphic Similarity Analysis. Successive Combining. Partitioning. Hierarchical Divisive. Part IV: Multidimensional Methods. Factor Analysis. Mapping Individual Preference. Multidimensional Scaling. Individual Differences Scaling. Appendices: Using a Computer to Solve Problems. Tables.

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If you are, in any way, connected with the field of measurement...you have the satisfaction of knowing that the methods of interest to you will be readily available at your fingertips...the authors' have encyclopedic and up-to-date knowledge of the field. -Shlomo S. Sawilowsky, Ph.D. Wayne State University ...this book is one of the few textbooks that have made scaling methodology manageable by students in behavioral sciences who may not have very strong quantitative backgrounds... .It is full of a wide variety of highly useful scaling methodologies and vivid examples. The authors have done an excellent job in explaining and simplifying what could have been potentially complicated issues. -Xiang Bo Wang, Ph.D. The Chauncey Group International


"""If you are, in any way, connected with the field of measurement...you have the satisfaction of knowing that the methods of interest to you will be readily available at your fingertips...the authors' have encyclopedic and up-to-date knowledge of the field."" —Shlomo S. Sawilowsky, Ph.D. Wayne State University ""...this book is one of the few textbooks that have made scaling methodology manageable by students in behavioral sciences who may not have very strong quantitative backgrounds... .It is full of a wide variety of highly useful scaling methodologies and vivid examples. The authors have done an excellent job in explaining and simplifying what could have been potentially complicated issues."" —Xiang Bo Wang, Ph.D. The Chauncey Group International"


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