LEADER 04812nam 22007335 450 001 9910484176103321 005 20240208142443.0 010 $a3-030-74025-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-74025-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000011949956 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6633370 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6633370 035 $a(OCoLC)1253477112 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-74025-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011949956 100 $a20210529d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Pragmatic Perspective of Measurement$b[electronic resource] /$fby David Torres Irribarra 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (96 pages) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Theoretical Advances in Psychology,$x2511-3968 311 $a3-030-74024-2 327 $aChapter 1 . Introduction -- Chapter 2. What is Measurement? -- Chapter 3. Measurement: Prototypes and Resemblances -- Chapter 4. A Pragmatic Perspective of Measurement -- Chapter 5. Contrasting and Comparing. 330 $aThis book aims to address the challenges of defining measurement in social sciences, presenting a conceptualization of the practice of measurement from the perspective of the pragmatic tradition in philosophy. The book reviews key questions regarding the scope and limits of measurement, emphasizing that if the trust that the public places on mea­sures in the social sciences relies on their connection to the notion of measurement in the physical sciences, then the clarification of the similarities and differences between measurement in the physical and the social realms is of central importance to adequately contextualize their relative advantages and limitations. It goes on to present some of the most influential theories of measurement such as the ?classical view? of measurement, operationalism, and the representational theory of measurement, as well as more methodological perspectives arising from the practice of researchers in the social sciences, such as the latent variable perspective, and from the physical sciences and engineering, represented by metrology. This overview illustrates that the concept of measurement, and that of quantitative methods, is currently being used across the board in ways that do not necessarily conform to traditional, classical definitions of measurement, pushing the boundaries of what constitutes our technical understanding of it. Moreover, what constitutes a technical understanding of measurement, and the theoretical commitments that it entails, must vary in different areas. In this context, disagreement on what is constitutive of measurement is bound to appear. Pragmatism is presented as a theoretical perspective that offers the advantage of being flexible and fallibilist, encouraging us to abandon the pursuit of a timeless and perfect definition that attempts to establish decontextualized/definitive demarcation criteria for what is truly measurement. This book will be of particular interest for psychologists and other human and social scientists, and more concretely for scholars interested in measurement and assessment in psychological and social measurement. The pragmatic perspective of measurement presents a conceptual framework for researchers to ground their assessment practices acknowledging and dealing with the challenges of social measurement. . 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Theoretical Advances in Psychology,$x2511-3968 606 $aPsychology 606 $aPsychology$xMethodology 606 $aPsychometrics 606 $aPragmatics 606 $aAnalysis (Philosophy) 606 $aBehavioral Sciences and Psychology 606 $aPsychological Methods 606 $aPsychometrics 606 $aPragmatics 606 $aAnalytic Philosophy 606 $aPsicometria$2thub 606 $aMetodologia de les ciències socials$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aPsychology. 615 0$aPsychology$xMethodology. 615 0$aPsychometrics. 615 0$aPragmatics. 615 0$aAnalysis (Philosophy). 615 14$aBehavioral Sciences and Psychology. 615 24$aPsychological Methods. 615 24$aPsychometrics. 615 24$aPragmatics. 615 24$aAnalytic Philosophy. 615 7$aPsicometria 615 7$aMetodologia de les ciències socials 676 $a300.72 700 $aIrribarra$b David Torres$01075669 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484176103321 996 $aA pragmatic perspective of measurement$92585494 997 $aUNINA