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Ordmet: A General Algorithm for Constructing All Numerical Solutions to Ordered Metric Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Gary H. McClelland  and
Clyde H. Coombs
Gary H. McClelland
Affiliation:
University of Colorado
Clyde H. Coombs
Affiliation:
The University of Michigan
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Abstract

The algorithm is applicable to structures such as are obtained from additive conjoint measurement designs, unfolding theory, general Fechnerian scaling, some special types of multidimensional scaling, and ordinal multiple regression. A description is obtained of the space containing all possible numerical representations which can satisfy the structure, the size and shape of which is informative. The Abelson-Tukey maximin r2 solution is provided.

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Psychometrika , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , September 1975 , pp. 269 - 290
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Copyright © 1975 The Psychometric Society

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This research was supported in part by NIGMS Grant GM-01231 to the University of Michigan.

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