A General Formulation for Unidimensional Unfolding and Pairwise Preference Models: Making Explicit the Latitude of Acceptance

A law of comparative judgment.

L. L. Thurstone · Psychological Review · 1927 · 5.2K citations

Law, Comparative Law, Comparative Jurisprudence +2

A theory of data.

Clyde H. Coombs · Psychological Review · 1960 · 1.6K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Mathematics +9

Functional equations in several variables: with applications to mathematics, information theory, and to the natural and social sciences

Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 867 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Differential Equations +15

On General Laws and the Meaning of Measurement in Psychology

George Rasch · Project Euclid (Cornell University) · 1961 · 686 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +13

Assimilation and contrast effects in reactions to communication and attitude change.

Carl I. Hovland, O. J. Harvey, Muzafer Sherif · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1957 · 654 citations

Social Sciences, Communication, Social Psychology +8