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THE method devised by Thomson1 for obtaining test weights which give maximum battery reliability can be simplified to lead to much shorter computation.
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Thomson, G. H., Brit. J. Psychol., 30, 357 (1940).
Hotelling, H., J. Educ. Psychol., 26, 139 (1935).
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PEEL, E. A Short Method for Calculating Maximum Battery Reliability. Nature 159, 816–817 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159816b0
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