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Book Synopsis
We live in a world of measurements. Measurements, be they of length, speed, weight, temperature, intelligence, income, endurance, greed, gross domestic product, quality of life, unemployment or skill at a job, are all numerical manifestations of the extent of some underlying attribute.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction.

2. The nature of measurement.

3. The process of measurement.

4. Accuracy of measurement.

5. Measurement in psychology.

6. Measurement in medicine.

7. Measurement in the physical sciences.

8. Measurement in economics and the social science.

9. Measurement in other areas.

Measurement Theory and Practice

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 30/07/2004
      ISBN13: 9780470685679, 978-0470685679
      ISBN10: 0470685670
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      We live in a world of measurements. Measurements, be they of length, speed, weight, temperature, intelligence, income, endurance, greed, gross domestic product, quality of life, unemployment or skill at a job, are all numerical manifestations of the extent of some underlying attribute.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction.

      2. The nature of measurement.

      3. The process of measurement.

      4. Accuracy of measurement.

      5. Measurement in psychology.

      6. Measurement in medicine.

      7. Measurement in the physical sciences.

      8. Measurement in economics and the social science.

      9. Measurement in other areas.

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