Choosing a scale for measuring perceived prominence
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Choosing a scale for measuring perceived prominence. / Jensen, Christian; Tøndering, John.
Proceedings of Interspeech — Eurospeech 2005: 9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, September 4–8, 2005, Lisbon. ed. / I. Trancoso. 2005. p. 2385-2388.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Choosing a scale for measuring perceived prominence
AU - Jensen, Christian
AU - Tøndering, John
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Three different scales which have been used to measure perceived prominence are evaluated in a perceptual experiment. Average scores of raters using a multi-level (31-point) scale, a simple binary (2-point) scale and an intermediate 4-point scale are almost identical. The potentially finer gradation possible with the multi-level scale(s) is compensated for by having multiple listeners, which is a also a requirement for obtaining reliable data. In other words, a high number of levels is neither a sufficient nor a necessary requirement. Overall the best results were obtained using the 4-point scale, and there seems to be little justification for using a 31-point scale.
AB - Three different scales which have been used to measure perceived prominence are evaluated in a perceptual experiment. Average scores of raters using a multi-level (31-point) scale, a simple binary (2-point) scale and an intermediate 4-point scale are almost identical. The potentially finer gradation possible with the multi-level scale(s) is compensated for by having multiple listeners, which is a also a requirement for obtaining reliable data. In other words, a high number of levels is neither a sufficient nor a necessary requirement. Overall the best results were obtained using the 4-point scale, and there seems to be little justification for using a 31-point scale.
M3 - Article in proceedings
SN - 1018-4074
SP - 2385
EP - 2388
BT - Proceedings of Interspeech — Eurospeech 2005
A2 - Trancoso, I.
Y2 - 4 September 2005 through 8 September 2005
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