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Abstract For testing categorical scaling, psychologists ordered subjects to consider the categories as equally spaced. This need not be mandated. This note shows that equally spaced categories will naturally emerge… Click to show full abstract
Abstract For testing categorical scaling, psychologists ordered subjects to consider the categories as equally spaced. This need not be mandated. This note shows that equally spaced categories will naturally emerge whenever subjects aim at providing maximum or equal information to the experimenter.
Keywords:
categories optimization;
note equally;
equally spaced;
optimization problem;
spaced categories
Journal Title: Journal of Mathematical Psychology
Year Published: 2021
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Journal Title: Journal of Mathematical Psychology
Year Published: 2021
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