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The Simplex in Pair Comparisons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Bruce Bloxom
Bruce Bloxom*
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Vanderbilt University
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Abstract

A model of individual differences in pair comparisons is developed, assuming the affective values to have a quasi-simplex structure. Procedures for fitting the model to data are suggested. An empirical example is given for one of the procedures.

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Psychometrika , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , June 1972 , pp. 119 - 136
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Copyright © 1972 The Psychometric Society

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This research was supported by a grant from the University Research Council, Vanderbilt University.

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