Forced Classification: A Simple Application of a Quantification Method
- 1 March 1984
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika
- Vol. 49 (1) , 25-36
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02294203
Abstract
This study formulates a property of a quantification method, the principle of equivalent partitioning (PEP). When the PEP is used together with Guttman's principle of internal consistency (PIC) in a simple way, the combination offers an interesting way of analyzing categorical data in terms of the variate(s) chosen by the investigator, a type of canonical analysis. The study discusses applications of the technique to multiple-choice, rank-order, and paired comparison data.Keywords
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