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The Essential Conditions of Measurement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Douglas E. Scates
Douglas E. Scates*
Affiliation:
Cincinnati Public Schools
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Abstract

The basic conditions and characteristics of measurement are outlined. The concepts entering into the measurement must be operationally defined; there must be a satisfactory representation of the character to be measured, and a quantitative comparison between the observed degree of the character and some reference point or scale. A conception of measurement which is too narrow would unnecessarily restrict investigation in the fields of psychology and education.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , March 1937 , pp. 27 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © 1937 The Psychometric Society

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References

* For a more complete discussion of each of the points taken up in this paper, together with illustrations drawn from various sciences, see a paper by the present author, “How Science Measures,” published in The Journal of Experimental Education, Vol. V, No. 3, March, 1937.