Applications of the theory of meaningfulness to psychology

DOI10.1016/0022-2496(85)90011-2zbMath0612.92021OpenAlexW1973294774MaRDI QIDQ1088612

Fred S. Roberts

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2496(85)90011-2

zbMATH Keywords

decision makingstatistical testsaverage performancepsychophysical scalinganalysis of orderblock modeling of social structureimportance ratingsindices of consumer confidencematching experimentsnumerical scalestheory of meaningfulness of statements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Psychophysics and psychophysiology; perception (91E30) Mathematical psychology (91E99)

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