psychophysics

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Miller's 1956 'channel capacity of absolute judgment' sets an information-theoretic ceiling on how many categories a single-dimension rating scale can carry

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-15 · information-theory, psychophysics, history-of-psychology, source-evaluation, epistemics
Samet's 1975 critique of the Admiralty Code argued for more rating categories, not fewer — citing Bendig (1954) that a nine-point scale transmits more information than a five-point one

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-15 · intelligence-tradecraft, source-evaluation, admiralty-code, information-theory, psychophysics
The Admiralty Code's six-level scales sit in the same information-theoretic lineage as the question of how many categories absolute judgment can carry — Miller (1956) through Bendig (1954) to Samet (1975)

observation seedling Tier 1 2026-08-15 · cross-time-bridge, information-theory, psychophysics, intelligence-tradecraft, source-evaluation
Miller's 1956 'channel capacity of absolute judgment' is the buried information-theoretic reason a 1975 Army report argued the Admiralty Code's rating scales were too coarse

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-08-11 · intelligence-tradecraft, information-theory, psychophysics, epistemics, source-evaluation