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Guttman scale: a standalone construct

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Sociology

a cumulative scale in which items are ordered so that endorsing a stronger item implies endorsing all weaker items.

In sociology, Guttman scale refers to a cumulative scale in which items are ordered so that endorsing a stronger item implies endorsing all weaker items. This meaning comes from Guttman (1944) in American Sociological Review.[1]

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  1. Guttman, L. (1944). A Basis for Scaling Qualitative Data. American Sociological Review, 9(2), 139. https://doi.org/10.2307/2086306

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