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Peer reviewedHofmann, Richard J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
The Guttman scale is discussed from the viewpoint of errors in response patterns. The errors are assumed to be distributed as a binomial. A double-barreled significance test is suggested having two probabilities: high probability and low probability. (Author)
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Hypothesis Testing, Probability, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedGoodstadt, Michael S.; Magid, Simmie – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
The ability of respondents to properly execute Thurstone scaling procedures as opposed to Likert scaling procedures was investigated in a sample of high school students. Results indicate difficulty among respondents using Thurstone-type instructions to resist giving Likert-type responses. (JKS)
Descriptors: Error Patterns, High School Students, Likert Scales, Questionnaires
