TY - JOUR
AU - Remmers, H.H.
AB - THE "PREFERENCE" AND "DISCRIMINATION" INDICES IN FORCED-CHOICE SCALES RICHARD W. LANMAN AND H. H. REMMERS Purdue University ANYONE the literature on the em- reading methodologies ot in the construction torced-choice over the ployed ratings several has been with the years probably impressed past of This will be devoted to variety conceptualizations. paper the and discrimination indices that have been used preference in these studies. familiar with the to For those not be techniques discussed, a of the minimum we offer brief description steps necessary in a forced-choice scale. assembling i. A number of statements or words the large describing are collected. to be rated thing 2. statements are rated on a continuum for The their i―~ of to members of the criterion degree applicability group. are the data from which the various These indices ratings have been unless otherwise we shall discuss computed specified. An or index is on each &dquo;affect&dquo; item. The 3. rating computed of this has varied from exact nature rating considerably study to and is one of the of this study subjects paper. A discrimination index is obtained for each item. This index is the to which the item discrirhinates degree among members of a 
TI - The “Preference” and “Discrimination” Indices in Forced-Choice Scales
JF - Educational and Psychological Measurement
DO - 10.1177/001316445401400309
DA - 1954-10-01
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SP - 541
EP - 551
VL - 14
IS - 3
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