Measurement scales and statistics: A clash of paradigms.
Psychological BulletinPublished 1 November 1986
Joel Michell
Citations324
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Abstract
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 relation
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