xviii, 367 pages : 24 cm
Measurement, Judgment, and Decision Making provides an excellent introduction to measurement, which is one of the most basic issues of the science of psychology and the key to science. Written by leading researchers, the book covers measurement, psychophysical scaling, multidimensional scaling, stimulus categorization, and behavioral decision making. Each chapter provides a useful handbook summary and unlocks the door for a scholar who desires entry to that field. Any psychologist who manipulates an independent variable that affects a psychological construct or who uses a numerical dependent variable to measure a psychological construct will want to study this book. Written by leading researchers in fields of measurement, psychophysical scaling, multidimensional scaling, stimulus categorization, and behavioral decision making Provides basic definitions and summaries of theories Presents summaries and citations to relevant literature Contains new developments, current controversies, and open questions Explains relationships among fields and historical links
Includes bibliographical references and index
The representational measurement approach to psychophysical and judgmental problems / Geoffrey Iverson and R. Duncan Luce -- Psychophysical scaling / Lawrence E. Marks and Daniel Algom -- Multidimensional scaling / J. Douglas Carroll and Phipps Arabie -- Stimulus categorization / F. Gregory Ashby and W. Todd Maddox -- Behavioral decision research : an overview / John W. Payne, James R. Bettman, and Mary Frances Luce

Birnbaum, Michael H.

Morgan Kaufmann Publishers

San Diego: Academic Press

Brooks/Cole

Handbook of perception and cognition (2nd ed.), San Diego, California, 1998

Handbook of perception and cognition (2e éd.), San Diego, ©1998

United States, United States of America

1, 1997

Obscured text back cover

Includes bibliographical references and index.

<b>Measurement, Judgment, and Decision Making</b> provides an excellent introduction to measurement, which is one of the most basic issues of the science of psychology and the key to science. Written by leading researchers, the book covers measurement, psychophysical scaling, multidimensional scaling, stimulus categorization, and behavioral decision making. Each chapter provides a useful handbook summary and unlocks the door for a scholar who desires entry to that field.<br>Any psychologist who manipulates an independent variable that affects a psychological construct or who uses a numerical dependent variable to measure a psychological construct will want to study this book.<br><br>Written by leading researchers in fields of measurement, psychophysical scaling, multidimensional scaling, stimulus categorization, and behavioral decision making<br>
Provides basic definitions and summaries of theories<br>
Presents summaries and citations to relevant literature<br>
Contains new developments, current controversies, and open questions<br>
Explains relationships among fields and historical links

2023-06-28