Magnitude estimation and categorical rating scaling in social sciences: A theoretical and psychometric controversy

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-159

  Beltyukova, Svetlana A ^a   Stone, Gregory E ^a   Fox, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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ARTICLE; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 44649088954     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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