Measurement Across the Sciences
Luca Mari, Mark Wilson, Andrew Maul
A conceptual framework that explains what measurement means in physics, in engineering and in the human sciences alike. Builds a shared vocabulary for quantities, scales and measurement quality across every field that measures.
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