Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 670 g
Volume 7: With Applications to Decisionmaking, Utility, and the Social Sciences
Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 670 g
Reihe: Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications
ISBN: 978-0-521-10243-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Diskrete Mathematik, Kombinatorik
Weitere Infos & Material
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.
