 Fifty years of measurement and scaling in the Dutch social sciencesP. G. M. van der Heijden and K. Sijtsma Statistica Neerlandica, 1996, vol. 50, issue 1, 111-135 Abstract: It is evident from recent issues of journals like Psychometrika and Applied Psychological Measurement that the Dutch contribution to the development of the area of measurement and scaling is considerable. In the first part of this paper, we try to answer the question how this could happen. In the early development De Groot in Amsterdam and Van de Geer in Leiden created an academic climate that made it possible for many researchers to develop their skills. Some other possible reasons are sketched for the flourishing of this area in the Netherlands, but it is difficult to assess which reasons were most important. In the second part of the paper, we analyze the international impact of the Dutch contribution by a citation analysis in four fields of measurement and scaling: factor analysis, test theory including item response theory, latent class analysis, and optimal scaling and multidimensional scaling. It appears that Dutch researchers not only publish a lot, but also that the impact of their publications is at the same level as publications produced world‐wide. Date: 1996 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:stanee:v:50:y:1996:i:1:p:111-135 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Statistica Neerlandica is currently edited by Miroslav Ristic, Marijtje van Duijn and Nan van Geloven More articles in Statistica Neerlandica from Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research |
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