Louis Leon Thurstone

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According to Wikipedia, Louis Leon Thurstone was an American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics. He conceived the approach to measurement known as the law of comparative judgment, and is well known for his contributions to factor analysis. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Thurstone as the 88th most cited psychologist of the 20th century, tied with John Garcia, James J. Gibson, David Rumelhart, Margaret Floy Washburn, and Robert S. Woodworth.

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Louis Leon Thurstone's Published Works

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Multiple-Factor Analysis (1947) (2202)
Primary mental abilities. (1938) (1431)
Attitudes Can Be Measured (1928) (973)
The Vectors of Mind (1935) (864)
The Measurement Of Attitude (721)
The Measurement of Attitudes. (1950) (596)
Factorial Studies Of Intelligence (1941) (529)
A factorial study of perception (1944) (498)
The measurement of social attitudes. (1931) (470)
The method of paired comparisons for social values (463)
The measurement of values. (1960) (393)
A method of scaling psychological and educational tests. (1925) (289)
Multiple Factor Analysis: A Development and Expansion of "The Vectors of the Mind" (1948) (282)
A low of comparative judgement (249)
The indifference function. (1931) (232)
DEVELOPMENT OF A SCALE FOR MEASURING SOLDIERS’FOOD PREFERENCES (1955) (224)
Theory of attitude measurement. (1929) (216)
Book Reviews: Multiple Factor Analysis: A Development and Expansion of ``The Vectors of Mind.'' (1947) (190)
The Vectors of the Mind (1937) (184)
The psychophysics of semantics: an experimental investigation. (1955) (170)
The learning curve equation (147)
A Neurotic Inventory (1930) (144)
The correction for attenuation. (1931) (125)
Computing diagrams for the tetrachoric correlation coefficient (1933) (119)
Motion Pictures and the Social Attitudes of Children The Social Conduct and Attitudes of Movie Fans (1933) (119)
An internal consistency check for scale values determined by the method of successive intervals (1952) (115)
The nature of intelligence (1926) (115)
Rank order as a psycho-physical method. (1931) (114)
The Learning Function (1930) (108)
An experimental study of nationality preferences (1928) (106)
Note on a reanalysis of Davis' reading tests (1946) (93)
The perceptual factor (1938) (86)
A multiple factor study of vocational interests. (1931) (85)
Three psychophysical laws. (83)
Current issues in factor analysis. (1940) (83)
Psychological implications of factor analysis. (1948) (81)
A mental unit of measurement. (1927) (67)
The prediction of choice (1945) (65)
Ability, motivation, and speed (1937) (65)
Thurstone temperament schedule (1953) (65)
An analytical method for simple structure (1954) (64)
The measurement of opinion. (59)
The dimensions of temperament (1951) (57)
Fechner's law and the method of equal appearing intervals. (1929) (50)
The unit of measurement in educational scales. (1927) (49)
A multiple group method of factoring the correlation matrix (1945) (48)
The absolute zero in intelligence measurement. (1928) (45)
Birth order and intelligence. (1929) (44)
PSYCHOLOGY AS A QUANTITATIVE RATIONAL SCIENCE. (1937) (40)
The Stimulus-Response Fallacy in Psychology. (38)
The scoring of individual performance. (1926) (37)
The phi-gamma hypothesis. (1928) (37)
The Measurement of Change in Social Attitude (1931) (37)
A new rotational method in factor analysis (1938) (37)
The theory of multiple factors (1933) (34)
The mental age concept. (1926) (33)
The factorial isolation of primary abilities (1936) (33)
Current misuse of the factorial methods (1937) (32)
The mental growth curve for the Binet tests. (31)
Factorial analysis of body measurements. (1947) (29)
Experimental study of simple structure (1940) (29)
A Scale for Measuring Attitude Toward the Movies (1930) (28)
A Factorial Study of the Supreme Court. (1951) (26)
The reliability and validity of tests : derivation and interpretation of fundamental formulae concerned with reliability and validity of tests and illustrative problems (1931) (25)
Second-order factors (1944) (25)
The relation between learning time and length of task. (23)
Factor analysis and body types (1946) (22)
The Absolute Zero in Intelligence Measurement (21)
The effects of selection in factor analysis (1945) (21)
Scale construction with weighted observations. (20)
MECHANICAL APTITUDE III ANALYSIS OF GROUP TESTS (1949) (19)
Stimulus dispersions in the method of constant stimuli. (1932) (17)
Mental tests for college entrance. (1919) (17)
The Error Function in Maze Learning (1933) (16)
MECHANICAL APTITUDE II DESCRIPTION OF GROUP TESTS (1949) (15)
The Criterion Problem in Personality Research (1955) (14)
Equally often noticed differences. (13)
Order of birth, parent-age, and intelligence (1931) (13)
The effect of a motion picture film on children's attitudes toward Germans. (1932) (12)
Note about the multiple group method (1949) (12)
The fundamentals of statistics (11)
THE NATURE OF GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AND ABILITY (III)1 (10)
SRA verbal form. (1947) (10)
Variability in learning. (10)
Theories of Intelligence (1946) (10)
The calibration of test items. (1947) (10)
A single plane method of rotation (1946) (9)
A standardized test for office clerks. (9)
Intelligence and its measurement: A symposium--X. (8)
Mental tests for prospective telegraphers: A study of the diagnostic value of mental tests for predicting ability to learn telegraphy. (8)
Shifty and mathematical components: a critique of Anastasi's monograph on the influence of specific experience upon mental organization. (1938) (8)
XI . Statistical Studies of Social Attitudes and Public Opinion (1930) (6)
Some further problems in the measurement of attitude. (5)
The Rorschach in psychological science. (1948) (5)
The Isolation of Blocs in a Legislative Body by the Voting Records of its Members (1932) (5)
Construction of an attitude scale. (4)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CLASSIFICATION OF MILITARY PERSONNEL ADVISORY TO THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. (1941) (4)
Applications of psychology : essays to honor, Walter V. Bingham (1952) (4)
The Edge-Marking Method of Analyzing Data (1948) (3)
The concept of reliability. (1931) (3)
Academic Freedom at the University of Missouri: Report on the Dismissal of Professor DeGraff and the Suspension of Professor Meyer (3)
A FACTORIAL ANALYSIS OF FOOT MEASUREMENTS (1955) (3)
A note on the Spearman-Brown formula. (3)
Experimental methods in food tasting. (1951) (3)
A Cycle-Omnibus Intelligence Test for College Students (1921) (3)
The experimental attitude scale. (3)
Graphical Method of Factoring the Correlation Matrix. (1944) (3)
The Improvement of Examinations (1948) (3)
MECHANICAL APTITUDE IV. DESCRIPTION OF INDIVIDUAL TESTS (1949) (2)
Comparison of validity and reliability concepts. (1931) (2)
A method of calculating the Pearson correlation coefficient without the use of deviations. (2)
Psychology in the Civil Service (1923) (2)
Comment by Professor Thurstone. (2)
Reports of the Second National Conference on the Science of Politics: Held at Chicago, Ill., September 8–12, 1924 (1925) (2)
THE PROBLEM OF MELODY (1920) (2)
A Data Sheet for the Pearson Correlation Coefficient (1922) (2)
Influence of Freudism on Theoretical Psychology. (2)
MECHANICAL APTITUDE V. INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP TESTS OF MECHANICAL APTITUDE (1950) (2)
The principal axes. (2)
The standard error of a difference. (1931) (2)
Three methods of teaching radio telegraphy. (2)
Walter VanDyke Bingham (1952) (2)
A micro-film projector method for psychological tests (1941) (2)
Character and Intelligence. (2)
A Statistical Method for the Treatment of School-Survey Data (1917) (1)
Note on the calculation of percentile ranks. (1927) (1)
The centroid method. (1)
Inhibition and Intelligence. (1)
Determination of reliability of a test. (1931) (1)
Scoring for errors. (1)
The Anticipatory Aspect of Consciousness (1919) (1)
The Calculation and Interpretation of Percentile Ranks (1922) (1)
The scale-values. (1)
V. - L'analyse factorielle, méthode scientifique (1949) (1)
The factor problem. (1935) (1)
Academic Freedom: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Right of Unhampered Thinking and Research for the Teacher (1)
Development of Personality Traits as an Object of College Instruction (1931) (1)
Relation between length of a test and its validity. (1931) (1)
The standard error of a test score. (1931) (0)
Round Table on Politics and Psychology: Aspects of Public Opinion (1926) (0)
The effect of single pictures. (1933) (0)
The Spearman-Brown formula (for any length). (1931) (0)
Experimental verification of the Spearman-Brown formula. (1931) (0)
The Sense Qualities. (0)
The poetic mind. (0)
Report of the Committee on Classification of Military Personnel Advisory to the Adjutant General's Office (1941) (0)
The Spearman-Brown formula (for double length). (1931) (0)
The cumulative effect of pictures. (1933) (0)
Isolation of primary factors. (1935) (0)
An Admirable Theoretic Introduction: Multiple-Factor Analysis (1948) (0)
Application of the experimental scale. (0)
Analysis of case records of the Institute for Juvenile Research. (1931) (0)
The index of reliability. (1931) (0)
The Classification of Behaviour. (0)
A Definition of Intelligence. (0)
Research notein search of new tests (1944) (0)
Relation between true and obtained standard deviations in a test. (1931) (0)
Test d'aptitudes mentales primaires = S.R.A. Primary Mental Abilities (1964) (0)
The positive manifold. (1935) (0)
Standard error of difference between two standard scores. (0)
Sir Godfrey Thomson (1955) (0)
Weighting of test scores according to their reliabilities. (1931) (0)
Correction for chance in scoring multiple-choice tests. (1931) (0)
The fundamental factor theorem. (0)
Mind as Unfinished Conduct. (0)
III. SYMBOLIC NEUROLOGY: 1. PSYCHOLOGY — NEUROSES — PSYCHONEUROSES (1922) (0)
Otis Classification Test. (0)
Relation between reliability and validity of a test. (1931) (0)
The Principle of Protective Adjustment. (0)
The method of group differences. (1931) (0)
Effect of heterogeneity on the reliability coefficient. (0)
The special case of rank one. (0)
The persistence of effect. (1933) (0)
Thurstone employment tests (0)
The fundamentals of statistik / L.L. Thurstone (1953) (0)
Stages of the Reflex Circuit. (0)
THE PRINCIPLES OF VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE (III)1 (1924) (0)
The coefficient of alienation. (0)
The Function of Ineffective Adjustments. (0)
Standard error of augmented reliability coefficient. (0)
You and your mental abilities (1949) (0)
Further studies of validity. (0)
The appraisal of abilities. (0)
Overt and Mental Trial and Error. (0)
The optimal scoring for the time limit method. (1931) (0)
The weighting of test scores according to their dispersions. (0)
The Preconscious Phase of the Reflex Circuit. (0)
Character and temperament. (0)
Standard error of estimate. (0)
Thurstone vocational guidance tests (0)
Review of other studies. (1931) (0)

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