Brian E. Perron and David F. Gillespie
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- April 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199855483
- eISBN:
- 9780190235963
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199855483.003.0002
- Subject:
- Social Work, Research and Evaluation
This chapter begins by introducing constructs and their relevance to measurement in social work research. Constructs can be thought of as complex concepts that are inferred or derived from a set of ...
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This chapter begins by introducing constructs and their relevance to measurement in social work research. Constructs can be thought of as complex concepts that are inferred or derived from a set of interrelated attributes of people, objects, or events; typically embedded in a theory; and often not directly observable but measured using multiple indicators. Attention is shifted to the importance of standardized measurement in social work research, along with the various kinds of measurement assumptions (i.e., theoretical, procedural, and statistical) and levels of precision (i.e., nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio). The chapter concludes with a discussion of the pivotal role played by measurement throughout the research process and theory construction.Less
This chapter begins by introducing constructs and their relevance to measurement in social work research. Constructs can be thought of as complex concepts that are inferred or derived from a set of interrelated attributes of people, objects, or events; typically embedded in a theory; and often not directly observable but measured using multiple indicators. Attention is shifted to the importance of standardized measurement in social work research, along with the various kinds of measurement assumptions (i.e., theoretical, procedural, and statistical) and levels of precision (i.e., nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio). The chapter concludes with a discussion of the pivotal role played by measurement throughout the research process and theory construction.
Steven Johnstone
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226405094
- eISBN:
- 9780226405117
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226405117.001.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Ancient Greek, Roman, and Early Christian Philosophy
An enormous amount of literature exists on Greek law, economics, and political philosophy. Yet no one has written a history of trust, one of the most fundamental aspects of social and economic ...
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An enormous amount of literature exists on Greek law, economics, and political philosophy. Yet no one has written a history of trust, one of the most fundamental aspects of social and economic interaction in the ancient world. This volume explores the way democracy and markets flourished in ancient Greece, not so much through personal relationships as through trust in abstract systems—including money, standardized measurement, rhetoric, and haggling. Focusing on markets and democratic politics, the book draws on speeches given in Athenian courts, histories of Athenian democracy, comic writings, and laws inscribed on stone to examine how these systems worked. It analyzes their potentials and limitations and how the Greeks understood and critiqued them. The book links Greek political, economic, social, and intellectual history and examines contemporary analyses of trust and civil society.Less
An enormous amount of literature exists on Greek law, economics, and political philosophy. Yet no one has written a history of trust, one of the most fundamental aspects of social and economic interaction in the ancient world. This volume explores the way democracy and markets flourished in ancient Greece, not so much through personal relationships as through trust in abstract systems—including money, standardized measurement, rhetoric, and haggling. Focusing on markets and democratic politics, the book draws on speeches given in Athenian courts, histories of Athenian democracy, comic writings, and laws inscribed on stone to examine how these systems worked. It analyzes their potentials and limitations and how the Greeks understood and critiqued them. The book links Greek political, economic, social, and intellectual history and examines contemporary analyses of trust and civil society.
