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The computer program described contains various measures of attitudinal polarizations, vis. K, introduced by McCall and Simmons (1966), and V ₁, V ₂ and V ₃, suggested by Edvardsson and Vegelius (1974, 1975). In the latter three measures, two parameters, C and D, may be chosen by the user. The choice C= D= 0.5 is recommended.

The two major purposes of this paper were: (1) to describe the theoretical background underlying the mathematical development of different measures of the degree of attitudinal polarization applicable to bipolar questions and (2) to outline a small FORTRAN IV program POLARI that provides a rapid means for calculation of four of these measures.

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Edvardsson, B. and Vegelius, J. Measures of attitudinal polarization. Uppsala, Sweden: University of Uppsala, Department of Psychology, 1974 (Report 163).

Edvardsson, B. and Vegelius, J. Measures of attitudinal polarization. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 1975, 16 , 247-254.

McCall, G. J. and Simmons, J. L. A new measure of attitudinal opposition. Public Opinion Quarterly, 1966, 30 , 271-278 .

Polari,a Fortran IV Program for Measures of Attitudinal Polarization

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