Measurement in Psychology: A Critical History of a Methodological Concept: 53 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 53) - Softcover
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Traces history of measurement in social sciences/sciences to question whether psychological attributes are quantitative.
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"Any psychologist engaged in measuring psychological attributes should read this very readable, scholarly book." APA Review of Books
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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 quantitative?
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