The irony of measurement by subjective estimations.

DOI10.1006/jmps.2002.1429zbMath1039.91066OpenAlexW1993626474MaRDI QIDQ1868102

Louis Narens

Publication date: 27 April 2003

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

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/f5450d6c29c52a0256815693b40160506c31073a

zbMATH Keywords

representational theory of measurementqualitative measurementratio magnitude estimationStevens' theory of measurement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measurement theory in the social and behavioral sciences (91C05)

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