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" Measurement theory with applications to decisionmaking, utility, and the social sciences / "
Fred S. Roberts.
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BL
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680501
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b502690
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| Main Entry
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Roberts, Fred S.
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Measurement theory with applications to decisionmaking, utility, and the social sciences /\ Fred S. Roberts.
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press,, 1984.
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Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications. Section, Mathematics and the social sciences ;; volume 7.
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1 online resource (xxii, 420 pages) :: digital, PDF file(s)
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9780511759871 (ebook)
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9780521102438 (paperback)
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9780521302272 (hardback)
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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| Abstract
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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.
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Decision making-- Mathematical models.
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Social sciences-- Mathematical models.
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Social sciences-- Methodology.
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H61.R593 1984eb
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