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In Experiment 1, nonmetric analyses of estimates of similarity and difference were used to generate a scale of loudness for 1,200-Hz tones varying in intensity. For both similarity and difference estimates, loudness was found to grow approximately as the 0.26 power of sound pressure. In Experiment 2, nomnetric analyses of estimates of similarity and difference were used to generate a scale of pitch for 83.3-dB pure tones varying in frequency. For both similarity and difference estimates, pitch was found to vary with frequency in accordance with the mel scale.
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These data are based on a dissertation by the first author, conducted under the supervision of the second author, and submitted to the Department of Psychology, Columbia University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the PhD degree. We would like to thank Donald Hood and Eugene Galanter for their helpful comments and suggestions.
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Parker, S., Schneider, B. Nomnetric scaling of loudness and pitch using similarity and difference estimates. Perception & Psychophysics 15, 238–242 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03213939
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