Interval scaling of landscape preference by direct- and indirect-measurement methods

Abstract Buhyoff G.J., Arndt L.K. and Propst D.B., 1981. Interval scaling of landscape preference by direct- and indirect-measurement methods. Landscape plann. , 8: 257–267. While interval-level scaling of landscape preferences may be desirable, the psychometric techniques which can be used to derive such measures are quite complex. These methods require intensive subject involvement and extensive data manipulations. This paper investigates the relationship between landscape preference metrics derived under an indirect method through the application of the Law of Comparative Judgment and a more direct, less data-intensive magnitude-estimation method. Results for two landscape stimulus sets indicate that extremely similar interval scales emerged from both techniques.

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