A geometrical approach to the ordinal data of Likert scaling and attitude measurements: The density matrix in psychology

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 29-42

  Camparo, James ^a  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude measurements; Categorical data; Density matrix; Likert scales; Ordinal data; Quantum probability; Quantum psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878513196     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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