A multidimensional stochastic theory of similarity

DOI10.1016/0022-2496(88)90023-5MaRDI QIDQ1108970zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel M. Ennis, Joseph J. Palen, Kenneth Mullen

Publication date 1988

Published in Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/27046

zbMATH Keywords

multivariate normal distributionsdistance-based similarity functionexpected value of similaritymental representations of stimulus objectsmultidimensional theory of similaritymultidimensonal scalingsame- different judgmentsThurstonian extension of Shepard's model of identification performance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15) Mathematical psychology (91E99)

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