Multidimensional Scale Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2204603
AutoresJames S Coleman (autor de correspondencia)
Año1957
Volumen63
Número3
Páginas253-263
Fecha de publicación1957-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/222217
OpenAlexW2085287723
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

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