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Three Camps in Measurement Theory

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
1990, v.2, pp.139-161
Soonmook Lee (Chungbuk University)
Lee, S. (1990). Three Camps in Measurement Theory. The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, 2, 139-161.

Abstract

Measurement is defined as a process of assigning numbers to the empirical relations. There are three camps in measurement theory vying for dominance in social science. In the representation theory, numbers can be assigned to the empirical system only when certain axioms are satisfied. In the scaling theory, they assume that there exist quantitative traits in the empirical relations system. Thus they utilize scaling models to extract the quantity. In the operational theory, they define measurement as any kind of consistent procedure or logic of assigning numbers. Operational theorists are not concerned about axioms as in the representation theory. Also they do not need any model to extract numbers as in the scaling theory.

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