Stanley Smith Stevens (November 4, 1906 – January 18, 1973) was an American psychologist who founded Harvard's Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, studying psychoacoustics, and he is credited with the introduction of Stevens's power law. Stevens authored a milestone textbook, the 1400+ page Handbook of Experimental Psychology (1951). He was also one of the founding organizers of the Psychonomic Society. In 1946 he introduced a theory of levels of measurement widely used by scientists but whose use in some areas of statistics has been criticized. In addition, Stevens played a key role in the development of the use of operational definitions in psychology.
Stanley Smith Stevens (November 4 1906 – January 18 1973) was an American psychologist who founded Harvard's Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory studying psychoacoustics and he is credited with the introduction of Stevens's power law Stevens authored a milestone textbook the 1400+ page Handbook of Experimental Psychology (1951) He was also one of the founding organizers of the Psychonomic Society In 1946 he introduced a theory of levels of measurement widely used by scientists but whose use in some areas of statistics has been criticized In addition Stevens played a key role in the development of the use of operational definitions in psychology