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J Scale Models for Preference Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Marshall G. Greenberg
Marshall G. Greenberg*
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University of Minnesota
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Abstract

Three models for preference behavior are developed within the framework of Coombs' theory of data, an absolute difference model, a ratio model, and a two-stage model. Each of these models describes a mechanism by which unilateral preferences may be determined on a unidimensional J scale. Differential implications of the models for response latencies are derived, and some early data employing an application of the unfolding technique are presented in support of the two-stage model.

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Psychometrika , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , September 1963 , pp. 265 - 271
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Copyright © 1963 The Psychometric Society

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Based upon portions of the author's doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan, 1962. This research was supported in part by NSF Grant No. G5820 to Professor C. H. Coombs. The writer also wishes to thank Professor William Hays, who served as committee chairman and offered considerable support and assistance.

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