General
principles for the construction of ordinal scale --comparisons
with known scale--
Y. Tanaka |
Three
major types of the ordinal scaling have been suggested; the principle
of frequency distribution, the comparisons with known scale, and
the principle of mutual comparisons. Two major types of the application
of the second principle are analysed. A known scale can be given
either in a form of set of categories, the order of which is determined
according to the meanings of the words used, or in a form of set
of objects, the order of which has been determined according to the
results of previous experiments. The former is called a prescription
scale and the latter an empirical scale. Problems concerning the
combined use of the second principle and the principle of frequency
distribution are discussed.
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