Long-term Stability of Listening Strategies Determined by MDS

Abstract

Multidimensional scaling techniques can be used to convert perceptions of (dis)similarity to psychological maps, by treating (dis)similarity ratings as ordinal scale distance estimates. In this study, listeners were asked to rate the dissimilarity of pairs of compressed versions of instrumental music phrases on two occasions separated by approximately one year, and the recovered psychological maps were compared to assess their stability over time. Results indicate that such maps derived from multidimensional scaling analyses are not necessarily more similar within a listener over time than between listeners.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA357785

Entities

People

  • K. Precoda
  • T. Meng

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Audio Engineering
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Compression
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Information Science
  • Judgment
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Standards
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.