Analyzing Paired Comparisons

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Analyzing Paired Comparisons

Paul Mastrangelo
All,

I am investigating approaches to analyzing paired comparisons. For example
in a list of 3 elements, participants would indicate their preference for
A or B, A or C, and B or C. My project has 7 elements, producing 21 paired
comparisons [(7*6)/2]. Obviously, I can report the number of times an
element was preferred across all participants to establish a ranking of
choices, but I wonder if there is a more rigorous analysis. Someone has
suggested Maximum Difference or MaxDiff, and he mentioned software from
Soft Tooth (?). Any information on MaxDiff or comparable SPSS procedures
would be welcomed. Thanks.

Paul