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Preference among preferences as a method for obtaining a higher‐ordered metric scale
Author(s) -
Sahlin NilsEric
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of mathematical and statistical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.157
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2044-8317
pISSN - 0007-1102
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1981.tb00618.x
Subject(s) - preference , metric (unit) , scale (ratio) , mathematics , yield (engineering) , value (mathematics) , statistics , econometrics , geography , economics , operations management , materials science , cartography , metallurgy
A method is presented for collecting data which yield a scale on which the entities are ranked in preference and all combinations of value distances are ranked (higher‐ordered metric scale). The method is based on the concept of secondary preference, i.e. preference among preferences. This method is compared with a classical method based on 50–50 game comparison. Two empirical studies are presented. The first examines whether both methods yield the same ordering of value distances. The second involves empirical derivation of a higher‐ordered metric scale.