Thurstone scale

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• Thurstone scale — In psychology, the Thurstone scale was the first formal technique for measuring an attitude. It was developed by Louis Leon Thurstone in 1928, as a means of measuring attitudes towards religion. It is made up of statements about a particular… …   Wikipedia

• Thurstone scale — See equal appearing intervals …   Dictionary of sociology

• Scale (social sciences) — In the social sciences, scaling is the process of measuring or ordering entities with respect to quantitative attributes or traits. For example, a scaling technique might involve estimating individuals levels of extraversion, or the perceived… …   Wikipedia

• Thurstone, L.L. — ▪ American psychologist in full  Louis Leon Thurstone  born May 29, 1887, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. died September 29, 1955, Chapel Hill, North Carolina       American psychologist who was instrumental in the development of psychometrics… …   Universalium

• Louis Leon Thurstone — Infobox Scientist name = Louis Leon Thurstone caption = Louis Leon Thurstone birth date = birth date|1887|5|29|mf=y birth place = Chicago, Illinios nationality = death date = death date and age|1955|9|30|1887|5|29|mf=y field = Psychometrics work… …   Wikipedia

• Likert scale — A Likert scale (pronunciation in the field of Psychology varies between lick urt and lie kurt , although the man for whom the scale is named used the former [ [http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/StatHelp/Likert.htm I have always restricted the use …   Wikipedia

• Guttman scale — In statistical surveys conducted by means of structured interviews or questionnaires, a subset of the survey items having binary (e.g., YES or NO) answers forms a Guttman scale (named after Louis Guttman) if they can be ranked in some order so… …   Wikipedia

• Bogardus Social Distance Scale — The Bogardus Social Distance Scale is a psychological testing scale created by Emory S. Bogardus to empirically measure people s willingness to participate in social contacts of varying degrees of closeness with members of diverse social groups,… …   Wikipedia

• Rating scale — A rating scale is a set of categories designed to elicit information about a quantitative attribute in social science. Common examples are the Likert scale and 1 10 rating scales for which a person selects the number which is considered to… …   Wikipedia

• Law of comparative judgment — The law of comparative judgment was conceived by L. L. Thurstone. In modern day terminology, it is more aptly described as a model that is used to obtain measurements from any process of pairwise comparison. Examples of such processes are the… …   Wikipedia

• Rasch model — Rasch models are used for analysing data from assessments to measure things such as abilities, attitudes, and personality traits. For example, they may be used to estimate a student s reading ability from answers to questions on a reading… …   Wikipedia