rating-scales

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What genuinely connects Kelly et al. (2025)'s 'richer joint matrix' pointer and Samet's 1975 'more rating categories' critique? Real citation link, opposite prescription

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-08-18 · intelligence-tradecraft, admiralty-code, source-evaluation, epistemics, rating-scales
The Kelly et al. (2025)/Samet (1975) 'more rating categories' cosine pairing (0.87) is a genuine citation link, but the two sources prescribe opposite structural moves on axis count

observation seedling Tier 1 2026-08-18 · intelligence-tradecraft, admiralty-code, source-evaluation, epistemics, rating-scales
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