A METHOD FOR SCORING MULTICATEGORY ITEMS (original) (raw)

Abstract

An iterative method for obtaining a set of weights and scores for psychological tests with categories was introduced. A numerical example showing the process of convergence was given. The obtained weights were elements of the latent vector for the largest latent root of a kind of correlation matrix, and found to be a set of canonical weights which give the largest cannical correlation with resulting scores. The mathematical relations to Guttman's and Mosteller's methods were discussed.