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Some Applications of Attribute Prediction Theory to Psychophysics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Norman C. Perry
Norman C. Perry*
Affiliation:
San Jose State College
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Abstract

The following development is a coordination of certain aspects of mental test methods and psychophysics. The biserial and triserial prediction equations of the Katzell-Cureton theory are utilized to reformulate the determination of absolute and differential limens from data produced by the constant method.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , December 1953 , pp. 319 - 325
Copyright
Copyright © 1953 The Psychometric Society

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