An Introduction To the Logic of Psychological Measurement

Joel Michell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

200 Seiten

1990
Psychology Press (Verlag)
978-0-8058-0566-6 (ISBN)

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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.

University of Sydney.

Contents: Preface. Part I: Theory.Section I: Some History. Making the Myth of Mental Measurement. Section II: And Philosophy. The Theory of Measurement in Psychology. What Quantity and Measurement Really Are. Searching for Quantity. Part II: Applications. Thurstone's Theory of Comparative Judgment. The Theory of Multidimensional Scaling. Coombs' Theory of Unfolding. Prospects for the Development of Psychological Measurement. Appendix 1: The Theory of Order.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.7.1990
Verlagsort	Philadelphia
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	249 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
ISBN-10	0-8058-0566-4 / 0805805664
ISBN-13	978-0-8058-0566-6 / 9780805805666
Zustand	Neuware