Multidimensional Scale Analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID2204603
AuthorsJames S Coleman (corresponding author)
Year1957
Volume63
Issue3
Pages253-263
Publication date1957-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/222217
OpenAlexW2085287723
LanguageEN
Citations received7

A model for the simultaneous measurement of several attitudes associated with a set of dichotomous items is presented. It provides an extension of the usual scale analysis into higher dimensions, although, to date, the techniques have been worked out only for two dimensions. As an example of the applicability of the model, a set of items previously analyzed as a one-dimensional scale of "particularism-universalism," but with considerable deviation from a perfect scale, are reanalyzed. The analysis allows going beyond the original particularism-universalism continuum into a study of the relative strength of responsibility to one's friend, to a generalized other, and to one's self. This example and the nature of the model itself indicate the possibilities of this model and others based on the same underlying theory for attitude measurement

Econometrics · Extension (predicate logic) · Mathematical economics · Physics · Political science · Scale (ratio) · Set (abstract data type) · Universalism · Advanced Statistical Methods and Models · Computer Science · Law · Mathematics