Social science students may receive plenty of training about methods of conducting research and performing data analysis, but many texts and courses still assume they have some sort of
intuition about assigning numerical values to the subjects, objects, events groups and operations they study. This classic collection includes 31 significant articles about establishing
processes for developing measurement scales. The collection begins with general articles on theory or philosophical level with the problem along with basic concepts, followed by articles on the
scaling methods developed by Thurstone, including paired comparisons, circular triads, the coefficient of consistence and the coefficient of agreement, and successive intervals. Articles
address scalogram analysis, including the basis for analysis and points of statistical significance, summated rating methods, focusing on attitude scales, unfolding theory, including aspects of
the metatheory of measurement, and related materials on constructing and improving measurements. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)