The irony of measurement by subjective estimations.
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: The irony of measurement by subjective estimations.
zbMATH Open document ID: 1039.91066
author: Louis Narens
published in: Journal of Mathematical Psychology
publication date: 2003-04-27T00:00:00Z
review text: According to the classical theory of measurement, all strong forms of scientific measurement have to be based on an observable ordering and an observable commutative and associative operation. Stevens proposed a new method based on subjective estimations. In this article, it is argued that from the mathematical standpoint, Stevens' theory of measurement is the same as the classical one. A theory of qualitative measurement is also presented and compared with Stevens' theory.
reviewed by: Anna Gomolińska
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 91C05
zbMATH DE Number: 1901023
zbMATH Keywords: representational theory of measurement
zbMATH Keywords: Stevens' theory of measurement
zbMATH Keywords: ratio magnitude estimation
zbMATH Keywords: qualitative measurement
MaRDI profile type: Publication
OpenAlex ID: W1993626474
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DOI: 10.1006/JMPS.2002.1429
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1901023