15 (38), Thomson to Ledermann, 8 Mar 1938-9 Mar 1938
Item
Identifier: Coll-1064/48
Scope and Contents
Thomson discusses some areas of uncertainty he has regarding making back estimates of the scores z from the first few Hotelling factors, referring to Bartlett's estimates of the Thurstone common factors.
Thomson asks Ledermann whether the back estimates using the Hotelling method or Bartlett-Thurstone method are best. He has added a short post script at the end of his letter the next day stating M S Bartlett's method is best.
Dates
- Creation: 8 Mar 1938-9 Mar 1938
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open.
Extent
1 letter (4 leafs, 4 sides)
Physical Location
CLX-A-667
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk