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To see what Fechner's Scale of Sensation would be like for loudness, for example, we may think of the scale as a ladder. Now let us imagine an experiment. Suppose I turn on a very faint sound, so faint that you cannot hear it. I increase its intensity until it stands just at your absolute threshold, where you can barely hear it. That gives us the first step on the ladder. I now increase the intensity until you say yes, that is louder—louder by a JND [just noticeable difference], which gives us the next step on the ladder.  3, fiche 1, Anglais, - Fechner%27s%20Scale%20of%20Sensation

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Échelle de Fechner. Échelle de mesure des sensations élémentaires établie en faisant estimer des différences justes perceptibles entre deux stimulus semblables. (En ordonnant les échelons successifs ainsi observés, on obtient une échelle unidimensionnelle. Fechner a postulé que les échelons ainsi définis correspondent à une grandeur subjective constante).  2, fiche 1, Français, - %C3%89chelle%20de%20Fechner

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Making it compulsory for candidates to official posts to be bilingual.  1, fiche 2, Anglais, - Quebecking

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The [linguistic] unease was enough to lead voters in three states--Florida, Arizona and Colorado--to support English-as-the-official-language propositions, bringing the total of such states to 17. It's hard to know what to make of the trend. Is it based on the fear that America will go the way of Quebec, where aspirants to public office must speak both English and French... But then I look at Miami, where the disadvantages are more likely to accrue to those who cannot speak Spanish, where it is not difficult to imagine a successful mayoral campaign being undertaken by a candidate who speaks little or no English, and I wonder if those who fear the Quebecking of sections of America may not just have a point.(The Guardian, 8 Jan. 1989, p. 19;5).  1, fiche 2, Anglais, - Quebecking

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