Science Outside the Laboratory: Measurement in Field Science and Economics - Couverture rigide

Boumans, Marcel

 
9780199388288: Science Outside the Laboratory: Measurement in Field Science and Economics
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0199388288 ISBN 13 : 9780199388288
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2015

Synopsis

The conduct of most of social science occurs outside the laboratory. Such studies in field science explore phenomena that cannot for practical, technical, or ethical reasons be explored under controlled conditions. These phenomena cannot be fully isolated from their environment or investigated by manipulation or intervention. Yet measurement, including rigorous or clinical measurement, does provide analysts with a sound basis for discerning what occurs under field conditions, and why.

Science Outside the Laboratory explores the state of measurement theory, its reliability, and the role expert judgment plays in field investigations from the perspective of the philosophy of science. Its discussion of the problems of passive observation, the calculus of observation, the two-model problem, and model-based consensus uses illustrations drawn primarily from economics. The treatment clarifies the extent to which measurement provides valid information about objects and events in field sciences, but also has implications for measurement in the laboratory.

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À propos de l?auteur

Marcel Boumans is historian and philosopher of science at the University of Amsterdam and Erasmus University Rotterdam. His main research focus is on understanding empirical research practices in economics from a philosophy of science-in-practice perspective. He is particularly interested in the practices of measurement and modeling and the role of mathematics in social science.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199388288
ISBN 13 
9780199388288
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
214
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