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    Magnitude estimation does not yield more information than other judgment tasks for assessing linguistic acceptability

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    • 1.Bard et al.'s foundational magnitude estimation studies showed high inter-subject variability that requires geometric mean normalization, introducing experimenter-dependent distortion.
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    • 2.Ordinal scales like Likert-type instruments, as Jamieson (2004) argues, preserve rank information sufficient for linguistic gradient distinctions without normalization artifacts.
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    • 3.If the additional operations required by magnitude estimation introduce noise exceeding its precision gains, the net informational yield is no greater than simpler judgment tasks.
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    • 1.Stevens' psychophysical scaling assumes a ratio-scale continuum, but linguistic acceptability lacks a true zero point required for ratio measurement.
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    • 2.Without a genuine ratio scale, magnitude estimation ratios are mathematically uninterpretable, collapsing its claimed informational superiority over ordinal methods.
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    • 1.Weskott and Fanselow compared magnitude estimation data to standard judgments on binary and 7-point scales
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    • 2.The comparison showed magnitude estimation provides no informational advantage over other judgment tasks
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    • 3.Magnitude estimation can produce spurious variance
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    It should be noted that the value of applying magnitude estimation to the judgment of acceptability has been directly challenged in two recent papers. Weskott and Fanselow (2011) and Sprouse (2011) both present critiques of Bard et al. (1996). Weskott and Fanselow compared magnitude estimation data to standard judgments on binary and 7-point scales, and claim that magnitude estimation does not yield more information than other judgment tasks, and moreover can produce spurious variance. And Sprou
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