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| Psychometrics | 1 |
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| Krishnan, T. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedKrishnan, T. – Psychometrika, 1973
Scores on different items of a test are often combined linearly (sometimes with equal weights) to form the test score, mainly for the sake of computational convenience. In this paper, the author studies the consequences of doing this, and also studies the problems involved in finding a suitable linear combination. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Definitions, Discriminant Analysis, Psychometrics
