286
nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio
classification (1.2.1, 1.2.2, 6.5, 6.5.1)
nominal property (2.2, 6.5, 6.5.2)
nominalism vs realism (5.1, 5.3.1)
nomic net [10] (4.3.2, 6.6, 6.6.2, 8.3.1)
nomological machine (1.2.1, 7.3.2)
norm-referenced evaluation (6.3.4, 6.3.7)
Nunnally, Jum C. (1.1.1)
O
object [1] (in many places in the book)
objectivity [43] (4.1.1, 7.4.3, 8.3.3)
object-specific vs observer-related (or primary
vs secondary) property, see : primary vs
secondary (or object- specific vs
observer-related) property
observer-related v, see s object-specific (or
secondary vs primary) property (see:
primary vs secondary (or objectspecific vs observer-related) property
operationalism (4.2.2, 6.6)
ordinal, nominal, interval, and ratio
classification, see : nominal, ordinal,
interval, and ratio classification
ordinal quantity (1.2.1, 1.2.3, 2.2, 4.2.3, 6.5)
P
Palmer, Albert de Forest (7.2.1)
particular vs universal (5.1, 5.3.1, 5.3.2)
partition and iteration methods, see : iteration
and partition methods
Peirce, Charles Sanders (8.1.1)
pragmatics, see : syntax, semantics, and
pragmatics
precision, see : instrument precision
predicate (5.2.2)
pre-measurement (7.3.1, 7.3.2, 8.1.2)
primary vs secondary (or object-specific vs
observer-related) property (5.1)
properties of the same kind (2.2.3, 5.1, 7.2.1,
7.2.2, 7.3.2
property [2, 3, 4] (in many places in the book)
property evaluation [6] (in many places in
the book)
property evaluation type (6.5.2, 6.5.3)
property identification/definition (3.4)
property in the sense of formal logic (5.2.2, 5.2.4)
property of an object [11] (2.2.3, 3.4, 5.1, 6.1,
7.2.1, 7.3)
property of an object as a mode of empirical
interaction of the object with its
environment (5.1)
property of an object as an empirical
entity (5.2.1)
property of an object as an input to
measurement [14] (2.2.3)
property vs variable (2.2, 3.4.1, 6.6)
psychometrics (1.1.1, 6.3.7)
psychosocial properties (2.1, 7.1, 7.3.5)
Putnam, Hilary (4.5, 5.3.3)
Q
Q-notation (5.1, 6.2, 6.2.2, 6.5.2)
quantitative vs classificatory vs comparative
concept, see : classificatory vs
comparative vs quantitative concept
quantity [9] (in many places in the book)
quantity unit, see : unit
Quine, Willard V.O. (5.1, 5.3.3)
R
random vs systematic causes of errors
(3.1.2)
Rasch, Georg (4.5, 6.3.7)
Rasch model (6.3.7, 6.5.3)
ratio quantity (6.5)
ratio, nominal, ordinal, and interval
classification, see : nominal, ordinal,
interval, and ratio classification
reading comprehension ability (RCA) (1.2.2,
6.3.7, 7.2.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.5, 7.4.2)
realism about measurement (4.2, 4.5, 6.6.2)
realism vs nominalism, see : nominalism
vs realism
reasonableness, as criterion to define
measurement (8.3, 8.3.5)
reference object (6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.4, 7.3,
7.3.4, 7..4.2)
referent vs sense of a term (box 2.1,
5.3.2, 6.3.1)
reflective vs formative relationship (6.6)
relativism about measurement
(4.1.1, 4.5)
reliability (3.2.1, 4.3.1, 7.4)
representational theory of measurement
(4.2, 4.4, 5.1.1, 6.5.1)
representation vs evaluation vs
measurement (6.5.1)
resolution, see : instrument resolution
Roberts, Fred (6.5.3)
role of measurement (1.1.1)
Rossi, Giovanni Battista (2.3, 7.4.4)
Rozeboom, William (5.3.3)
Russell, Bertrand (5.3.3, 6.2.2)
Index
nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio
classification (1.2.1, 1.2.2, 6.5, 6.5.1)
nominal property (2.2, 6.5, 6.5.2)
nominalism vs realism (5.1, 5.3.1)
nomic net [10] (4.3.2, 6.6, 6.6.2, 8.3.1)
nomological machine (1.2.1, 7.3.2)
norm-referenced evaluation (6.3.4, 6.3.7)
Nunnally, Jum C. (1.1.1)
O
object [1] (in many places in the book)
objectivity [43] (4.1.1, 7.4.3, 8.3.3)
object-specific vs observer-related (or primary
vs secondary) property, see : primary vs
secondary (or object- specific vs
observer-related) property
observer-related v, see s object-specific (or
secondary vs primary) property (see:
primary vs secondary (or objectspecific vs observer-related) property
operationalism (4.2.2, 6.6)
ordinal, nominal, interval, and ratio
classification, see : nominal, ordinal,
interval, and ratio classification
ordinal quantity (1.2.1, 1.2.3, 2.2, 4.2.3, 6.5)
P
Palmer, Albert de Forest (7.2.1)
particular vs universal (5.1, 5.3.1, 5.3.2)
partition and iteration methods, see : iteration
and partition methods
Peirce, Charles Sanders (8.1.1)
pragmatics, see : syntax, semantics, and
pragmatics
precision, see : instrument precision
predicate (5.2.2)
pre-measurement (7.3.1, 7.3.2, 8.1.2)
primary vs secondary (or object-specific vs
observer-related) property (5.1)
properties of the same kind (2.2.3, 5.1, 7.2.1,
7.2.2, 7.3.2
property [2, 3, 4] (in many places in the book)
property evaluation [6] (in many places in
the book)
property evaluation type (6.5.2, 6.5.3)
property identification/definition (3.4)
property in the sense of formal logic (5.2.2, 5.2.4)
property of an object [11] (2.2.3, 3.4, 5.1, 6.1,
7.2.1, 7.3)
property of an object as a mode of empirical
interaction of the object with its
environment (5.1)
property of an object as an empirical
entity (5.2.1)
property of an object as an input to
measurement [14] (2.2.3)
property vs variable (2.2, 3.4.1, 6.6)
psychometrics (1.1.1, 6.3.7)
psychosocial properties (2.1, 7.1, 7.3.5)
Putnam, Hilary (4.5, 5.3.3)
Q
Q-notation (5.1, 6.2, 6.2.2, 6.5.2)
quantitative vs classificatory vs comparative
concept, see : classificatory vs
comparative vs quantitative concept
quantity [9] (in many places in the book)
quantity unit, see : unit
Quine, Willard V.O. (5.1, 5.3.3)
R
random vs systematic causes of errors
(3.1.2)
Rasch, Georg (4.5, 6.3.7)
Rasch model (6.3.7, 6.5.3)
ratio quantity (6.5)
ratio, nominal, ordinal, and interval
classification, see : nominal, ordinal,
interval, and ratio classification
reading comprehension ability (RCA) (1.2.2,
6.3.7, 7.2.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.5, 7.4.2)
realism about measurement (4.2, 4.5, 6.6.2)
realism vs nominalism, see : nominalism
vs realism
reasonableness, as criterion to define
measurement (8.3, 8.3.5)
reference object (6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.4, 7.3,
7.3.4, 7..4.2)
referent vs sense of a term (box 2.1,
5.3.2, 6.3.1)
reflective vs formative relationship (6.6)
relativism about measurement
(4.1.1, 4.5)
reliability (3.2.1, 4.3.1, 7.4)
representational theory of measurement
(4.2, 4.4, 5.1.1, 6.5.1)
representation vs evaluation vs
measurement (6.5.1)
resolution, see : instrument resolution
Roberts, Fred (6.5.3)
role of measurement (1.1.1)
Rossi, Giovanni Battista (2.3, 7.4.4)
Rozeboom, William (5.3.3)
Russell, Bertrand (5.3.3, 6.2.2)
Index