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CUMULATIVE SCALE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
DEF

An arrangement of items (as of a psychological or sociological test) in ascending order of difficulty.

CONT

Scalogram analysis. A method for constructing an attitude scale from items in accumulated form (according to L.A. Guttman) with the object of the unidimensionality of the scale.

Key term(s)
  • cumulative scale
  • Guttman scale

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
Key term(s)
  • échelle cumulative
  • échelle de Guttman

Spanish

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