Direct comparison of the generalized visual analog scale (gVAS) and general labeled magnitude scale (gLMS)

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-44

  Hayes, John E ^a   Allen, Alissa L ^a   Bennett, Samantha M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct scaling; Magnitude estimation; Psychophysics; Response bias; Scaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867617138     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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