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Measurement Theory: Volume 7: With Applications to Decisionmaking, Utility, and the Social Sciences (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications) (v. 7)
Measurement Theory Volume 7 With Applications to Decisionmaking Utility and the Social Sciences - Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications - v. 7 Author:Fred S. Roberts 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 qu... more »estions 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.« less