PRINCIPLES OF SUBJECTIVE RATING SCALE CONSTRUCTION

THIS PAPER REVIEWS THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SUBJECTIVE RATING SCALE CONSTRUCTION THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN PSYCHOPHYSICS AND APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE SUBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT OF PAVEMENT SERVICEABILITY. THE RATIONALE UNDERLYING THE AASHO ROAD TEST PAVEMENT SERVICEABILITY RATING SYSTEM IS EXAMINED ON THE BASIS OF THESE PRINCIPLES. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE DEFICIENCIES OF THIS SERVICEABILITY MEASURING TECHNIQUE ARE ILLUSTRATED, THE FULL IMPACT OF THESE PRINCIPLES CANNOT BE ASSESSED UNTIL FURTHER EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ARE UNDERTAKEN. /AUTHOR/

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1964/46/46-004.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
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• Authors:
  • Hutchinson, B G
• Publication Date: 1964

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 60-70
• Monograph Title: Pavement design and evaluation 1963
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 46
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Measurement; Methodology; Pavements; Ratings; Service life; Serviceability; Weighing devices
• Identifier Terms: AASHO Road Test
• Uncontrolled Terms: Scale
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway pavement; Pavement life
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206219
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 20 1994 12:00AM