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MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION [4 records]

Record 1 2011-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Food Industries
DEF

A method of scoring in which the numbers assigned to a sensation reflect the relative intensities.

OBS

magnitude estimation: Term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Méthode de notation rationnelle dans laquelle les nombres attribués à la sensation conservent le rapport des intensités.

OBS

estimation de la grandeur : Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO et par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
OBS

A more convenient procedure [in psychophysics] is to ask the observer to match numbers to a series of stimuli. He then assigns numbers proportional to the apparent magnitude of the stimuli presented by the experimenter. This matching procedure is called magnitude estimation. In a reverse procedure, called magnitude production, the experimenter assigns a set of numbers in irregular order and the observer adjusts the stimuli to produce what he judges to be a sensation proportional to each number. (...) Magnitudes scales may also be constructed by Merkel's method of ratio production, which he called the method of double stimulus.

Key term(s)
  • magnitude estimation
  • ratio estimation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
OBS

Aux méthodes de mesure de seuils absolus et différentiels, susceptibles de se fonder sur des réactions objectives se substitue l'établissement d'échelles subjectives (...) avec utilisation de diverses méthodes: celle des égalisations d'intervalles (...) et surtout celles des jugements absolus comportant évaluations numériques de grandeurs ou de rapports entre grandeurs (ang. magnitude estimation, ratio estimation) ou réglages quantitatifs (magnitude production, ratio production).

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
OBS

A more convenient procedure [for magnitude scales in psychophysics] is to ask the observer to match numbers to a series of stimuli. He then assigns numbers proportional to the apparent magnitude of the stimuli presented by the experimenter. This matching procedure is called magnitude estimation.

Key term(s)
  • magnitude production
  • ratio production

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
OBS

Aux méthodes de mesure de seuils absolus et différentiels, susceptibles de se fonder sur des réactions objectives se substitue l'établissement d'échelles subjectives (...) avec utilisation de diverses méthodes: celle des égalisations d'intervalles (...) et surtout celles des jugements absolus comportant évaluations numériques de grandeurs ou de rapports entre grandeurs (ang. magnitude estimation, ratio estimation) ou de rapports entre grandeurs (ang. magnitude estimation, ratio estimation) ou réglages quantitatifs (ration production, magnitude production).

Key term(s)
  • réglages quantitatifs
  • méthode des jugements absolus

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
OBS

A method of making sensory measurements in which the observer estimates the magnitude, or some other characteristic, of a single stimulus.

OBS

Note: Term defined in a specialized glossary of psychometrics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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