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Ideas in Context Ser.: Measurement in Psychology : A Critical History of a Methodological Concept by Joel Michell (1999, Hardcover)

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This book traces how such a seemingly immutable idea as measurement proved so malleable when it collided with the subject matter of psychology. It locates philosophical and social influences (such as scientism, practicalism and Pythagoreanism) reshaping the concept and, at the core of this reshaping, identifies a fundamental problem: the issue of whether psychological attributes really are quantitative. It argues that the idea of measurement now endorsed within psychology actually subverts attempts to establish a genuinely quantitative science and it urges a new direction. It relates views on measurement by thinkers such as Holder, Russell, Campbell and Nagel to earlier views, like those of Euclid and Oresme. Within the history of psychology, it considers contributions by Fechner, Cattell, Thorndike, Stevens and Suppes, among others. It also contains a non-technical exposition of conjoint measurement theory and recent foundational work by leading measurement theorist R. Duncan Luce.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521621208
ISBN-13
9780521621205
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1005271

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Author
Joel Michell
Publication Name
Measurement in Psychology : a Critical History of a Methodological Concept
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Series
Ideas in Context Ser.
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
268 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Series Volume Number
Series Number 53
Lc Classification Number
Bf39 .M545 1999
Reviews
"Any psychologist engaged in measuring psychological attributes should read this very readable, scholarly book." APA Review of Books
Table of Content
1. Trusting number, forsaking measure; 2. The mental measurement nexus; 3. The logic of quantification; 4. Safety in numbers; 5. Break-out from the classical paradigm; 6. Beyond measure; 7. Made to measure; 8. The revolution 'that never happened'.
Copyright Date
1999
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Research & Methodology
Lccn
98-039566
Dewey Decimal
150/.28/7
Dewey Edition
21
Genre
Psychology

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