Issues in combining the categorical and visual analog scale for the assessment of perceived thermal sensation: Methodological and conceptual considerations

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 282-290

  Lee, Joo Young ^a   Stone, Eric A ^b   Wakabayashi, Hitoshi ^a   Tochihara, Yutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical scale (CS); Graphic categorical scale (graphic CS); Thermal sensation; Visual analog scale (VAS)

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

CATEGORICAL SCALE (CS); CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; GRAPHIC CATEGORICAL SCALE (GRAPHIC CS); INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE; MEAN SKIN TEMPERATURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; THERMAL SENSATIONS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

THERMAL COMFORT;

9 POINT CATEGORICAL SCALE; ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GRAPHIC CATEGORICAL SCALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 70350782349     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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