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An Empirical Evaluation of Multidimensional Successive Intervals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Samuel J. Messick
Samuel J. Messick*
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University of Illinois
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Abstract

The multidimensional method of successive intervals and the method of complete triads are applied to similarity judgments of Munsell colors varying in brightness, saturation, and hue. Both methods yield configurations that correlate highly with the Munsell color structure. This validation of these scaling methods in an area of known dimensionality indicates their applicability for exploration in areas of unknown dimensionality.

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Psychometrika , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , December 1956, pp. 367 - 375
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Copyright © 1956 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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This study was supported in part by the Office of Naval Research contract N6onr-270-20 with Princeton University and also in part by funds from the National Science Foundation. The research was carried out when the author was an Educational Testing Service Psychometric Fellow at Princeton University.

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Now at The Menninger Foundation.

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