Scale type, meaningfulness, and the possible psychophysical laws
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Scale type, meaningfulness, and the possible psychophysical laws
zbMATH Open document ID: 0633.92022
DOI: 10.1016/0165-4896(86)90048-X
author: Fred Roberts
author: Zangwill Rosenbaum
published in: Mathematical Social Sciences
publication date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: 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.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 91E30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 39B99
zbMATH DE Number: 4031478
zbMATH Keywords: meaningfulness
zbMATH Keywords: measurement
zbMATH Keywords: scale type
zbMATH Keywords: psychophysical law
zbMATH Keywords: dependent variable
zbMATH Keywords: functional equations
reviewed by: Agneta M. Balint
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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full work available at URL: 0165-4896(86)90048-x
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4031478