TY - JOUR AU - Mcquitty, Louis L. AB - PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT EDUCATIONAL AND ::B0. VOL. XX, 4, 1960 LOUIS L. MCQUITTY State Michigan University COMPREHENSIVE hierarchical classifies into cate- analysis people so that there is one for combination of gories category every persons, and it an index of the number of common characteristics provides for the of entire task the can be persons every category; performed within either the cells of a matrix of asso- (a) usual-type triangular ciations between or or the (institutions, objects tests), (b) people columns realized the indices of association in rank order as by listing column headings. The Method first task is to all of the the Combinations. The Specifying specify which from the variables of a matrix. combinations can be derived These can be realized some such as outlined below with by procedure to the matrix of Table 1. To assist in the respect following procedure, code numbers have been in to reflect the order assigned parentheses in which the were as described below: combinations isolated, 1. Write in the cells of column 1 all the of variables pairs implied the 1-2 is written in row 2-column and anal- by cells; thus, 1, for and 1-5. ogously pairs 1-3, 1-4, 2. Write TI - Comprehensive Hierarchical Analysis JF - Educational and Psychological Measurement DO - 10.1177/001316446002000418 DA - 1960-12-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/comprehensive-hierarchical-analysis-0DDC8UeTN1 SP - 805 EP - 816 VL - 20 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -