Measurement by subjective estimation: Testing for separable representations

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-201

  Bernasconi, Michele ^a   Choirat, Christine ^b   Seri, Raffaello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Psychophysical experiments; Separable representations; Stevens' model

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849084246     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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