Value scales and dimensions.

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The techniques of psychometric scaling analysis and factor analysis are applied here to the problem of measuring human values. With respect to the "Ways to Live" document, which aims to embody basic human values, the main results of the analysis are: (1) The ratings of the 13 ways are scalable, the scales obtained for the five groups being similar enough to justify the formation of a common scale on which quantitative comparisons can be made within and across the cultures. (2) Evidence for the existence of a value structure holding across cultures is given in the similarity of the results of the Indian and the United States orthogonal factor solutions. To the extent that the result obtained in these two cultures holds for other cultures, it appears possible to compare quantitatively the value patterns of different cultures in terms of common value dimensions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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