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An Introduction To the Logic of Psychological Measurement

By Joel Michell

Book information

Publisher
Psychology Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0805805664, 9780805805666
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4939436 bytes)
Pages
200\201
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-09-27 18:47:18
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Description

This book declines to take for granted the widespread assumption that existing psychometric procedures provide scientific measurement. The currently fashionable concepts of measurement within psychology -- operationalism and representationalism -- are critically examined, and the classical view, that measurement is the assessment of quantity, is defended. Within this framework, it is shown how conjoint measurement can be used to test the hypothesis that variables are quantitative. This theme is developed in detail using familiar psychological examples, such as Thurstone's law of comparative judgment, multidimensional scaling, and Coombs' theory of unfolding.

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