Social Psychophysical Measurement: A Comparison of the Measurement Properties of Magnitude and Categorical Scaling of Social Perceptions

In: Social science quarterly, Band 67, Heft 1, S. 195-204

Abstract

An examination of the measurement properties of magnitude & categorical scales of crime seriousness & value importance. Based on 2 experiments with 292 U students, magnitude scaling in both domains exhibited slightly less reliability & discriminatory power. The two scales of value importance also did not converge as expected. Suggestions are offered for future research on magnitude scaling & social psychophysical measurement. 1 Table, 15 References. Modified HA