MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF VISUAL FORM.
Abstract
Multidimensional analytic methods were used to investigate some of the factors underlying from perception. Stimuli used in this study were black forms on a white background. The stimuli were 'nonsense' forms generated by choosing points in a matrix randomly and connecting the points according to arbitrary rules. Subjects were two groups of twenty-five female students. The method of multidimensional successive intervals was used. Subjects assigned pairs of stimuli to sixteen categories based upon the degree of similarity between the members of each pair. Data for each group of twenty-five subjects were reduced separately yielding, for each group of subjects, five points-of-view and seven stimulus dimensions. Correlation between similarity judgments between the two subject groups was high and the interpretation of the stimulus dimensions for the two groups was very similar. Consequently, the two groups were combined for further analysis. It was found possible to state verbal descriptions of the seven stimulus dimensions; however, quantitative descriptions were not developed because of the limited scope of study. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 15, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0437349
Entities
People
- Carl A. Silver
- Samuel Messick
Organizations
- Franklin Institute