The subjective human response to occupied space involves the measurement of affectivity. The measurement of the human affective state (i.e., how one feels or how some feature of the environment feels to the individual) tends to be arbitrary and dependent upon the bias of the investigator. Almost universally, the rating scale is selected to accomplish the measurement. Recent advances in rating scale development have moved the measurement of affectivity out of a purely arbitrary domain and into a more quantifiable modality. In this paper four scaling techniques and representative rating scales are presented for use in assessing the subjective human response to the environment.
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