Abstract:(1980), Gross and Su (1975), Petersen (1976), Huynh (1976, 1977), Petersen and Novick (1976), and Novick and Petersen (1976) have proposed &dquo;threshold utility&dquo; models, in which utility is viewed as a two-valued function of criterion performance. Lindley (1978, 1979) have described what they consider to be &dquo;more realistic forms that utility functions might take in selected ... applications&dquo; (p. 181). Their model defined utility for members of a group in terms of a normal ogive whose param… Show more
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