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ERIC Number: EJ533493
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1644
Referent Effects in the Magnitude Estimation Scaling of Frequency Expressions for Response Anchor Sets: An Empirical Investigation.
Schriesheim, Chester A.; Castro, Stephanie L.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v56 n4 p557-69 Aug 1996
The effects of the base referent or standard stimulus on scale values obtained in the magnitude estimation scaling of 34 frequency expressions were studied with 208 undergraduate students and 2 different referents ("sometimes" and "fairly many times"). Analysis indicates that the two referents yield statistically similar differences in scale values. (SLD)
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Higher Education, Responses, Scaling, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Anchor Tests; Frequency Data; Magnitude Estimates; Referent Effects
Note: Research supported by a grant from the Corporate Affiliates Research Program of the School of Business Administration, University of Miami.