A variation of S. S. Stevens's direct magnitude-estimation scaling procedure is described in which the standard stimulus consists of an “interval” rather than a “point.” Data suggest this variation requites considerably fewer judges than direct magnitude-estimation to produce scale values possessing a given level of reliability.
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