The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure of sensation.
About Stanley Smith Stevens
Stanley Smith Stevenswas an American psychologist who founded Harvard’s Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, studying psychoacoustics, and he is credited with the introduction of Stevens’s power law. Stevens authored a milestone textbook, the 1400+ page Handbook of Experimental Psychology (1951).
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A technical survey that systematize, digest, and appraise the mid century state of psychology.
Stanley Smith Stevens
American psychologist & scholar (1906-1973)
The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure of sensation.
Stanley Smith Stevens
American psychologist & scholar (1906-1973)
The type of measure used placed constraints on which statistics can be used.
Stanley Smith Stevens
American psychologist & scholar (1906-1973)