Beschreibung:
Researchers and academics across a wide range of disciplines including biological, physical, social and behavioral scientists, as well as specialists in measurement and philosophy will appreciate the work's fresh and provocative approach to the field at a time whensound measurements of complex scientific systems are increasingly essential to solving critical global problems.
Part I: Introduction.- Chapter 1: Motivation.- Chapter 2: Basic concepts in measurement.- Chapter 3: History of measurement.- Chapter 4: A historical overview of philosophical perspectives on measurement.- Part II: A new integrated concept system for measurement.- Chapter 5: A meta-structural understanding of measurement.- Chapter 6: An epistemology of measurement.- Chapter 7: Measurand definitions and definitional uncertainty.- Chapter 8: Measurement across the sciences.- Part III: Controversies and Issues.- Chapter 9: Measurement in psychology: the legacy of operationalism.- Chapter 10: Big data.- Chapter 11: The role of human beings within measurement.- Chapter 12: Scaling.- Part IV Conclusion.- Chapter 13: Prospects for the future.