Norman Cliff

5.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
89 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Norman Cliff is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Statistics and Probability and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman Cliff has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 19 papers in Statistics and Probability and 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Norman Cliff's work include Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (18 papers), Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (13 papers) and Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques (8 papers). Norman Cliff is often cited by papers focused on Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (18 papers), Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (13 papers) and Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques (8 papers). Norman Cliff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Norman Cliff's co-authors include Scott E. Maxwell, John C. Caruso, David J. Krus, Linda M. Collins, Forrest W. Young, J. A. Keats, Jeffrey D. Long, John Ross, Ventura Charlin and Robert Cudeck and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Norman Cliff

85 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Dominance statistics: Ordinal analyses to answer ordinal ... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1993 1983 2014 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Dominance statistics: Ordinal analyses to answer ordinal questions.
    1993 811 citations Norman Cliff Psychological Bulletin profile →
  2. Some Cautions Concerning The Application Of Causal Modeling Methods
    1983 424 citations Norman Cliff Multivariate Behavioral Research profile →
  3. Ordinal Methods for Behavioral Data Analysis
    2014 338 citations Norman Cliff profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Norman Cliff United States 26 572 571 558 540 467 89 4.3k
Bert F. Green United States 25 295 0.5× 782 1.4× 343 0.6× 390 0.7× 380 0.8× 63 4.0k
Frank B. Baker United States 27 316 0.6× 1.2k 2.1× 658 1.2× 406 0.8× 405 0.9× 107 4.0k
Leland Wilkinson United States 29 207 0.4× 436 0.8× 836 1.5× 465 0.9× 427 0.9× 75 6.1k
Harold D. Delaney United States 34 646 1.1× 424 0.7× 741 1.3× 1.1k 2.0× 907 1.9× 79 8.0k
Lawrence M. Rudner United States 18 289 0.5× 505 0.9× 202 0.4× 689 1.3× 379 0.8× 79 4.7k
Robert A. Stine United States 28 148 0.3× 415 0.7× 623 1.1× 575 1.1× 290 0.6× 69 5.5k
Carl J. Huberty United States 27 139 0.2× 371 0.6× 946 1.7× 595 1.1× 375 0.8× 79 5.4k
Donald W. Zimmerman Canada 30 114 0.2× 617 1.1× 739 1.3× 331 0.6× 306 0.7× 161 3.7k
E. F. Lindquist United States 8 129 0.2× 770 1.3× 395 0.7× 563 1.0× 529 1.1× 16 4.9k
Robert L. Thorndike United States 20 179 0.3× 364 0.6× 267 0.5× 443 0.8× 577 1.2× 53 4.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Norman Cliff

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norman Cliff

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cliff, Norman. (2011). A Test That Combines Frequency and Quantitative Information. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods. 10(1). 2–7. 1 indexed citations
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Du, Feng & Norman Cliff. (2004). Monte Carlo Evaluation of Ordinal d with Improved Confidence Interval. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods. 3(2). 322–332. 13 indexed citations
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Takayanagi, Sumiko & Norman Cliff. (2002). The fuzziness index for examining human statistical decision-making. 1150–1155. 3 indexed citations
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Caruso, John C. & Norman Cliff. (2000). Increasing the reliability of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Third edition difference scores with reliable component analysis.. Psychological Assessment. 12(1). 89–96. 5 indexed citations
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Caruso, John C. & Norman Cliff. (1998). The Factor Structure of the WAIS-R: Replicability Across Age-Groups. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 33(2). 273–293. 9 indexed citations
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Cliff, Norman. (1993). Dominance statistics: Ordinal analyses to answer ordinal questions.. Psychological Bulletin. 114(3). 494–509. 51 indexed citations
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Pollock, Vicki E. & Norman Cliff. (1992). Analysis of Pattern‐Reversal Visual Evoked‐Potential Topography: Replicability in Normal Subjects and Comparisons with Alzheimer's Disease. Psychophysiology. 29(6). 712–733. 4 indexed citations
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Pollock, Vicki E. & Norman Cliff. (1992). Principal components and Multidimensional scaling of auditory and visual event-related potential topography. Brain Topography. 5(1). 41–51. 5 indexed citations
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Collins, Linda M. & Norman Cliff. (1990). Using the longitudinal Guttman simplex as a basis for measuring growth.. Psychological Bulletin. 108(1). 128–134. 27 indexed citations
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Cliff, Norman. (1989). Ordinal Consistency and Ordinal True Scores. Psychometrika. 54(1). 75–91. 17 indexed citations
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Cliff, Norman. (1988). The eigenvalues-greater-than-one rule and the reliability of components.. Psychological Bulletin. 103(2). 276–279. 366 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Thomas J. & Norman Cliff. (1984). An Interactive Preference Ordering Model and its Monte Carlo Evaluation. Psychometrika. 49(2). 247–255. 2 indexed citations
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Cudeck, Robert, Douglas McCormick, & Norman Cliff. (1979). Monte Carlo Evaluation of Implied Orders As a Basis for Tailored Testing. Applied Psychological Measurement. 3(1). 65–74. 3 indexed citations
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Cliff, Norman. (1977). Further Study of Cognitive Processing Models for Inventory Response. Applied Psychological Measurement. 1(1). 41–49. 12 indexed citations
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Cliff, Norman. (1970). The Relation between Sample and Population Characteristic Vectors. Psychometrika. 35(2). 163–178. 19 indexed citations
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Cliff, Norman. (1969). Liking Judgments and Multidimensional Scaling. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 29(1). 73–85. 8 indexed citations
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Cliff, Norman. (1968). Adjective Check List Responses and Individual Differences in Perceived Meaning 1. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 28(4). 1063–1077. 11 indexed citations
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Cliff, Norman, et al.. (1966). MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING AND COGNITION: II. THE RELATION OF EVALUATION TO MULTIDIMENSIONAL MEANING SPACES.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations
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Merrifield, Philip R. & Norman Cliff. (1963). Factor Analytic Methodology. Review of Educational Research. 33(5). 510–510. 2 indexed citations
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Cliff, Norman. (1961). ANALYTIC ROTATION TO A FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP1. ETS Research Bulletin Series. 1961(1). 11 indexed citations

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