Applications of the theory of meaningfulness to psychology
Journal of Mathematical PsychologyPublished 1 September 1985
Fred S. Roberts
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Abstract
The theory of meaningfulness of statements using numerical scales is summarized. Applications of this theory are surveyed. These deal with average performance, importance ratings, statistical tests, indices of consumer confidence, psychophysical scaling, block modeling of social structure, structural modeling in decision making, and the analysis of order and matching experiments.
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