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Quantitative science and the definition of measurement in psychology
- J. Michell
- Psychology
- 1 August 1997
^ge d that establishing quantitative science involves two research tasks: the scientific one of showing that the relevant attribute is quantitative; and the instrumental on& of constructing…
An introduction to the logic of psychological measurement
- J. Michell
- Psychology
- 1 June 1995
Contents: Preface. Part I: Theory. Section I: Some History. Making the Myth of Mental Measurement. Section II: And Philosophy. The Theory of Measurement in Psychology. What Quantity and Measurement…
Measurement in psychology: A critical history of a methodological concept.
- J. Michell
- Psychology
- 17 June 1999
1. Trusting number, forsaking measure 2. The mental measurement nexus 3. The logic of quantification 4. Safety in numbers 5. Break-out from the classical paradigm 6. Beyond measure 7. Made to measure…
Is Psychometrics Pathological Science?
- J. Michell
- Psychology
- 29 May 2008
Pathology of science occurs when the normal processes of scientific investigation break down and a hypothesis is accepted as true within the mainstream of a discipline without a serious attempt being…
Measurement scales and statistics: A clash of paradigms.
- J. Michell
- Psychology
- 1 November 1986
Reflexions sur la persistance actuelle de la controverse suscitee par Stevens (1946) entre les echelles de mesure et les statistiques, a partir de l'identification de trois theories portant sur cette…
Normal Science, Pathological Science and Psychometrics
- J. Michell
- Psychology
- 1 October 2000
A pathology of science is defined as a two-level breakdown in processes of critical inquiry: first, a hypothesis is accepted without serious attempts being made to test it; and, second, this…
The Quantitative Imperative
- J. Michell
- Psychology
- 1 February 2003
The quantitative imperative is the view that in science, when you cannot measure, you do not really know what you are talking about, but when you can, you do, and, therefore, qualitative methods have…
Maze's direct realism and the character of cognition
- J. Michell
- Philosophy, Psychology
- 1 August 1988
An exposition and critique of J. R. Maze's (1983) treatment of cognition forms the basis for arguments against the representative (or information processing) paradigm and an exposition of the…
Item Response Models, Pathological Science and the Shape of Error
- J. Michell
- Psychology
- 1 February 2004
There is nothing in Borsboom and Mellenbergh’s (2004) response that refutes my thesis that psychometrics is a pathology of science. They seek to defend item response models from my charge of…
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