Multidimensional Scale Analysis

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2204603
AutoresJames S Coleman (autor correspondente)
Ano1957
Volume63
Fascículo3
Páginas253-263
Data de publicação1957-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390
EditoraUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/222217
OpenAlexW2085287723
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7

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