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Note on the Least Squares Solution for the Method of Successive Categories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

R. Darrell Bock
R. Darrell Bock*
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University of Chicago
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Abstract

The problem of estimation in the method of successive categories is reconsidered and a new least squares solution is obtained. An empirical comparison of this solution with Gulliksen's solution is presented.

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Psychometrika , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , September 1957 , pp. 231 - 240
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Copyright © 1957 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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Preparation of this paper has been supported by the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute for the Armed Forces. Views or conclusions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or indorsement of the Department of Defense.

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