An IBM 650 Program for Paired Comparisons From Balanced Incomplete Blocks--A 6-31 Design (PARCOBIB-6-31-Revised)

Author(s):

Gulliksen, Harold O.; Tucker, Ledyard R

Publication Year:

1962

Report Number:

RM-62-01

Source:

ETS Research Memorandum

Document Type:

Report

Page Count:

117

Subject/Key Words:

Computer Software, National Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Naval Research, Balanced Incomplete Block Spiralling, Least Squares Statistics, PARCOBIB Computer Program, Paired Comparisons

Abstract

Paired Comparisons from Balanced Incomplete Blocks (Parcobib 6-31). This program utilizes input data from a questionnaire involving 31 objects, arranged in 31 blocks of 6 objects each, and gives the paired comparisons matrix and scale values determined from this matrix. The program will handle a maximum of 999 subjects in a single group. Fixed point is used throughout. Proportions are rounded to four decimals. The approximation for the normal deviate, arc sine, and logistic have a maximum discrepancy of .0005 for proportions between .98 and .02. The least squares solution for scale values is used. Scale values are computed, using the normal deviate, the arc sine, and the logistic transform. (Revision of RM-59-05.)

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