SCALING SERIOUSNESS - AN EVALUATION OF MAGNITUDE AND CATEGORY SCALING TECHNIQUES

• NCJ Number: 26026
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Volume: 66 Issue: 2 Dated: (JUNE 1975) Pages: 215-221
• Author(s): G S BRIDGES; N S LISAGOR
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Williams and Wilkins Co
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MAGNITUDE AND CATEGORY SCALING TECHNIQUES REVEALS THAT THEY PRODUCE QUITE SIMILAR DISTRIBUTIONS AND ESTIMATES OF OFFENSE SERIOUSNESS MAGNITUDE.

Abstract

THE AUTHORS BRIEFLY DISCUSS SCALING TECHNIQUES, THEN DETAIL THEIR METHOD OF ANALYSIS WHICH AIMED AT ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTS OF THE LOGARITHMIC TRANSFORM PROPERTY ON CATEGORY AND MAGNITUDE SCALE DISTRIBUTIONS. THEY ALSO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THEIR FINDINGS IN TERMS OF FINDING OTHER CRITERIA FOR SELECTING A SCALING TECHNIQUE (SUCH AS EFFICIENCY OF ADMINISTRATION OR ANALYSIS) AND OF EVALUATING MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES IN GENERAL TO DETERMINE THEIR SUITABILITY FOR OTHER AREAS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)