Mathematician:Louis Leon Thurstone

Mathematician

American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics.

Conceived the approach to measurement known as the law of comparative judgment

Well known for his contributions to factor analysis.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: 29 May 1887 in Chicago, Illinois
• Died: 29 September 1955 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Theorems and Definitions

• Thurstone Scale
• Thurstonian Model

Definitions of concepts named for Louis Leon Thurstone can be found here.

Publications

• 1924: The Nature of Intelligence
• 1925: The Fundamentals of Statistics
• 1927: A Law of Comparative Judgment
• 1927: The method of paired comparisons for social values
• 1928: Attitudes can be measured
• 1935: The Vectors of Mind
• 1938: Primary mental abilities
• 1947: Multiple-Factor Analysis