Rensis Likert (1903–1981) American statistician
Likert, Rensis, and Jane G. Likert. New ways of managing conflict. McGraw-Hill, 1976. p. 7.
“preferences ⊕ institutions ⊕ physical possibilities = outcomes”
⊕ refers unspecified abstract operator.
"The application of laboratory experimental methods to public choice". In C.S. Russell (Ed.), Collective decision making: Applications from public choice theory (1979)
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