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A comparison is made between the scales constructed by the Method of Paired Comparison, Rank Order, and the Method of Successive Intervals. Application of the three psychophysical methods to handwriting specimens and to nationality preferences results in mutually linear scales. Choice of scaling methods becomes, then, a matter of practical convenience rather than of relative validity.
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The writer is very much indebted to Professor L. L. Thurstone for the suggestion of this problem and for supervision in carrying out the study.
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Saffir, M.A. A comparative study of scales constructed by three psychophysical methods. Psychometrika 2, 179–198 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02288395
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