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A General Model for Preferential and Triadic Choice in Terms of Central F Distribution Functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Daniel M. Ennis  and
Norman L. Johnson
Daniel M. Ennis*
Affiliation:
Philip Morris Research Center; Department of Physiology, The Medical College of Virginia; and The University of Illinois
Norman L. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of North Carolina
*
Requests for reprints should be sent to Daniel Ennis, Philip Morris Research Center, PO Box 26583, Richmond, Virginia, 23261.
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Abstract

A model for preferential and triadic choice is derived in terms of weighted sums of central F distribution functions. This model is a probabilistic generalization of Coombs' (1964) unfolding model and special cases, such as the model of Zinnes and Griggs (1974), can be derived easily from it. This new form extends previous work by Mullen and Ennis (1991) and provides more insight into the same problem that they discussed.

Keywords

multivariate triadspreferential choicequadratic formschoice modelsmultidimensional scalingpreferenceunfoldingF distribution
Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , March 1994 , pp. 91 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 The Psychometric Society

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