Problems and prospects of measurement in the study of culture

Theory and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-246

  Mohr, John W ^a   Ghaziani, Amin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Ernst Cassire; Measurement; Paul Lazarsfeld; Philosophyofscience; Qualitative and quantitative methods; S.S; Stevens

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027935711     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-014-9227-2     Document Type: Article

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