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A Maximum Likelihood Solution for the Method of Successive Intervals Allowing for Unequal Stimulus Dispersions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Peter H. Schönemann  and
Ledyard R Tucker
Peter H. Schönemann
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Ledyard R Tucker
Affiliation:
University of Illinois
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Abstract

A maximum likelihood solution for the method of successive intervals is presented together with an iterative procedure for obtaining estimates for stimulus scale values, boundary scale values, and stimulus dispersions. The method applies without modification to incomplete data matrices. The method was programmed for ILLIAC and a brief description of the program and a numerical illustration are included.

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Original Paper
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Psychometrika , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , December 1967 , pp. 403 - 417
Copyright
Copyright © 1967 The Psychometric Society

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This research was jointly supported by the University of Illinois and the Office of Naval Research under contracts Nonr 1834(39) and N00014-66-C0010A03.

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