Measurement theory with applications to decisionmaking, utility, and the social sciences

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Measurement theory with applications to decisionmaking, utility, and the social sciences

Fred S. Roberts

(Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications / edited by G.-C. Rota, v. 7 . Section, Mathematics and the social sciences)

Cambridge University Press, 1984

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Imprint and ISBN from label on t.p. verso. Imprint on t.p.: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, Advanced Book Program, 1979

Publication taken over by Cambridge University Press in 1984 with a new copyright date

Includes bibliographies and indexes

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Description

This book provides an introduction to measurement theory for non-specialists and puts measurement in the social and behavioural sciences on a firm mathematical foundation. Results are applied to such topics as measurement of utility, psychophysical scaling and decision-making about pollution, energy, transportation and health. The results and questions presented should be of interest to both students and practising mathematicians since the author sets forth an area of mathematics unfamiliar to most mathematicians, but which has many potentially significant applications.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. Relations
  • 2. Fundamental Measurement, Derived Measurement, and the Uniqueness Problem
  • 3. Three Representation Problems: Ordinal, Extensive, and Difference Measurement
  • 4. Applications to Psychophysical Scaling
  • 5. Project Structures
  • 6. Nontransitive Indifference, Probabilistic Consistency, and Measurement without Numbers
  • 7. Decisionmaking under Risk or Uncertainty
  • 8. Subjective Probability.

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