10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPERATIONALIST»
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operationalist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
operationalist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Methods of Social Research, 4th Edition
To a strict operationalist measurement error is not a major problem, simply
because the concept is defined to be that which is measured. Strict
operationalism is clearly a pragmatic approach. To a strict operationalist a
concept that is not ...
2
Philosophical Theories of Probability
propensity theory which is based on a non-operationalist account which explicitly
rejects operationalism. At first sight this might not seem to be a serious problem.
After all, the subjective theory and the propensity theory are fundamentally ...
3
Inference and Generalizability in Applied Linguistics: ...
... he views the knowledge that is acquired on the basis of his research. Three
different ontological stances are relevant to research in applied linguistics:
operationalist, realist and constructivist. Operationalist stance. In an
operationalist stance ...
Micheline Chalhoub-Deville, Carol A. Chapelle, Patricia A. Duff, 2006
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Re-engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings: Piecewise ...
Castle's operationalist attack on the model of the Morgan school is particularly
interesting because the subsequent debate provides a clear example of the
superiority of a mechanistic or realist research program over an operationalist or
...
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Measuring the Mind: Conceptual Issues in Contemporary ...
operationalist point of view. Such a move, however, raises more serious
objections. If the latent variable is to be conceived of in an operationalist sense,
then it follows that there is a distinct latent variable for every single test we
construct.
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The Ashgate Companion to Contemporary Philosophy of Physics
(Fuchs and Peres, 2000b) Whether or not Fuchs and Peres were led to their
position 'out of a predilection for positivism', the operationalist interpretation is
nonetheless positivist in spirit, and is subject to many of the same criticisms.
However ...
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An Objective Theory of Probability (Routledge Revivals)
On the operationalist view, however, this manner of speaking is inadmissible. We
have defined length by the rigid metre rod procedure and the most we can say of
another method of measurement is that it gives results in approximate ...
The fact that the very acquisition of evidence requires active presence in the
world, on the other hand, is an operationalist concern. An operationalist
emphasis on grounding conceptual and theoretical schemes in active
measurement ...
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Index
Whereas positivists viewed the operations linguistically, Tolman continued to
construe them psychologically. Stevens' articulation of the operationalist position
provided focus for discussions of methodological issues surrounding
behaviourism.
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The Structure of Biological Science
If, however, the selection is based on an articulated theory of what traits are
important and what are not, then the operationalist proscription of theory is
violated at the outset. The operationalist rationale for the whole procedure would
be ...
Alexander Rosenberg, 1985
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPERATIONALIST»
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In this way, the humanities are made to fit the operationalist worldview, where anything that can be known must be measurable and quantified. «CounterPunch, Feb 14»
Harvard University Press, 2012
Putnam rejected the operationalist point of view about quantum mechanics. He defended and still defends a form of scientific realism about the ... «Metapsychology, Sep 13»
Review by Ed Brandon
And of course there were Catholic supporters of Copernicus and his ideas, at least with an operationalist, non-literal reading of its theoretical ... «Metapsychology, May 09»
