TY - BOOK TI - Measurement T2 - Sage benchmarks in social research methods SN - 139781412908184 U1 - 300.72 PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - SAGE KW - Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology N1 - Volume One. Early Work -- Measurement of Character / F Galton -- Mental Tests and Measurement / J M Cattell -- General Intelligence Objectively Determined and Measured / C Spearman -- The Measurement of Opinion / L L Thurstone -- The Measurement of Depression-Elation and Its Relation to a Measure of Extraversion-Introversion / H H Jasper -- A Basis for Scaling Qualitative Data / L Guttman -- On the Theory of Scales of Measurement / S S Stevens -- Psychological Scaling without a Unit of Measurement / C H Coombs -- Qualitative Measurement in the Social Sciences:Classification, Typologies and Indices / P F Lazarsfeld and A H Barton -- Co-Efficient Alpha and the Internal Structure of Tests / L J Cronbach -- Theory and Methods of Social Measurement / C H Coombs -- Measuring Social Mobility / S J Prais -- Construct Validity in Psychological Tests / L J Cronbach and P E Meehl -- Note on the Measurement and Prediction of Labour Turnover / D J Bartholomew -- On General Laws and the Meaning of Measurement in Psychology / G Rasch -- Volume Two. The Concept of Measurement -- Issues in Psychological Measurement / S S Stevens -- Introduction to Measurement in the Social Sciences / H M Blalock -- On Specific Objectivity:An Attempt at Formalizing the Request for Generality and Validity of Scientific Statements / G Rasch -- In Defense of Measurement / B F Green -- Test Theory and Methods / D J Weiss and M L Davison -- Quality of Life Research and Sociology / K F Schuessler and G A Fisher -- Some Emerging Trends in Psychological Measurement:A Fifty-Year Perspective / A Anastasi -- Measurement Scales and Statistics:A Clash of Paradigms / J Michell -- Measurement:The Theory of Numerical Assignments / L Narens and RI Luce -- Conventional Wisdom on Measurement / K Bollen and R Lennox -- Measurement Issues in Research on Social Support and Health / K Dean et al -- Recontextualizing Mental Measurement / H Goldstein -- Statistics and the Theory of Measurement / D J Hand -- Measurement:Problems and Strategy / D J Bartholomew -- Why Are There So Few Formal Measuring Instruments in Social and Political Research? / A F Heath and J Martin -- Scaling Unobservable Constructs in Social Science / D J Bartholomew -- Volume Three. Methods and Applications -- Multi-Dimensional Scaling by Optimizing Goodness of Fit to a Non-Metric Hypothesis / J Kruskal -- The Establishment of a Psychiatric Syndrome / P A P Moran -- Development of a Rating Scale for Primary Depressive Illness / M Hamilton -- Foundations of Multi-Dimensional Scaling / R Beals, D H Krantz and A Tversky -- Validity, Invalidity and Reliability / D R Heise and G W Bohrnstedt -- A Numerical Measure for Uncertainty / D V Lindley -- The National Reference Scale for Reading:An Application of the Rasch Model / R R Rentz and W L Bashan -- Solving Measurement Problems with the Rasch Model / B D Wright -- Relationships between the Thurstone and Rasch Approaches to Item Scaling / D Andrich -- The Rasch Model, Objective Measurement, Equating and Robustness / J A Slinde and R L Linn -- Measurement Scales and Statistics:Resurgence of an Old Misconception / J Gaito -- Rating Scales for Affective Disorders / P Bech Their Validity and Consistency -- The Concept of Utility / P G Moore -- The Measurement of Values in Surveys:A Comparison of Ratings and Rankings / D Alwin and J A Kresnick -- Scoring Attitudes to Abortion / M Knott, M T Albanese and J Galbraith -- A Standarized Scale to Measure Beliefs about Controlling Pain / S M Skevington -- Measuring Internal Political Efficacy in the 1988 National Election Study / R G Niemi, S C Craig and F Mettei -- Validation of Index Scales for Analysis of Survey Data:The Symptom Index / S Kreiner -- Measuring Political Knowledge:Putting Things First / M X Delli Carpini and S Keeler -- Measuring Left-Right and Libertarian-Authoritarian Values in British Elections / G A Evans, A F Heath and M Lalljee -- Causal Variables, Indicator Variables and Measurement Scales:An Example from Quality of Life / P M Fayers and D J Hand -- Enhancing the Validity and Cross-Cultural Comparability of Measurement in Survey Research / G King et al -- Volume Four. Measurement at the population level -- The early history of index numbers. -- M G Kendall, On the measurement of inequality / A B Atkinson -- Notes on the measurement of inequality / P Dasgupta, A Sen And D Starrett -- A comparison of measures of inequality of income distribution / D G Champernowne -- The measurement of mobility / A F Shorrocks -- Inequality measurement / F A Cowell and K Kuga -- Measuring efficiency in the public sector / P Smith and D Mayston -- The use of performance indicators in the public sector / P Smith -- Quality of life assessment / D R Cox et al -- Measuring social mobility / V Dardon -- Evolution of clinimetric scales / F Kainiford -- Axiomatic price index theory / B M Balk -- The measurement of unemployment in the U.K / D J Bartholomew -- Mobility measurement re-visited / D J Bartholomew ER -