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Measurement in Psychology

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Contents

CHAPTER 1 Numerical data and the meaning of measurement
1
CHAPTER 2 Quantitative psychologys intellectual inheritance
24
CHAPTER 3 Quantity number and measurement in science
46
CHAPTER 4 Early psychology and the quantity objection
78
CHAPTER 5 Making the representational theory of measurement
109
CHAPTER 6 The status of psychophysical measurement
140
CHAPTER 7 A definition made to measure
162
CHAPTER 8 Quantitative psychology and the revolution in measurement theory
191
Glossary
220
References
224
Index
243
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Measurement in Psychology: A Critical History of a Methodological Concept
Measurement in Psychology: A Critical History of a Methodological Concept
Joel Michell
No preview available - 2005

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TitleMeasurement in Psychology
AuthorJoel Michell
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN1139425609, 9781139425605
  
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