Measurement in Psychology : Critical History of a Methodological Concept.

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 the philosophical and social influences reshaping the concept and identifies a fundamental problem: are psychological attributes really quantitat...

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Main Author: Michell, Joel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Series:Ideas in context.
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