Scale type, meaningfulness, and the possible psychophysical laws (Q1096564)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4031478
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4031478 |
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Scale type, meaningfulness, and the possible psychophysical laws (English)
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1986
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The scale type of the dependent and independent variables determines under some restrictions the general form of the psychophysical law [observation of \textit{R. D. Luce}, On the possible psychophysical laws. Psychol. Rev. 66, 81-95 (1959)]. The authors prove that the scale type of the dependent variable can be replaced in Luce's theory by the assumption that a certain statement involving the dependent variable is meaningful. The mathematical objects used in this model are functional equations.
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meaningfulness
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measurement
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scale type
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psychophysical law
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dependent variable
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functional equations
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