A review of the fundamental concepts of measurement

Finkelstein, L.; Leaning, M.S.

doi:10.1016/0263-2241(84)90020-4

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“…The modern form of measurement theory is representational: numbers assigned to objects/events must represent the perceived relations between the properties of those objects/events'' (Finkelstein and Leaning, 1984).…”

Section: Two Discriminant Criteria: Empiricity and Objectivitymentioning

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The conceptual link between measurements, evaluations, preferences and indicators, according to the representational theory

Cecconi

Franceschini

Galetto

2007

European Journal of Operational Research

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Section: Two Discriminant Criteria: Empiricity and Objectivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The conceptual link between measurements, evaluations, preferences and indicators, according to the representational theory

Cecconi

Franceschini

Galetto

2007

European Journal of Operational Research

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“…The real world is called the domain of the mapping, and the mathematical world is called the range [15, p. 29]]. A metric, then, is a function that maps an entity to a number or symbol in order to characterize a property of the entity [15]; and measurement is the process by which numbers or symbols are assigned to properties of entities in the real world in such a way as to describe them according to clearly defined rules [16,32]. As an example, consider the expression ''class.density.average-method-size''.…”

Section: Relational Measurement Theorymentioning

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Object-oriented product metrics: A generic framework

Vaishnavi

Purao

Liegle

2007

Information Sciences

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“…are all based on some underlying theory of measurement. An informal definition of measurement (given in [Finkelstein and Leaning 1984]) is shown in figure 2.…”

Section: Basic Measurement Theorymentioning

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Constructive machine translation evaluation

Minnis

1993

Mach Translat

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It is now acknowledged that the evaluation of the quality of MT output is inextricably linked to the purpose to which the translation output will be put. It is also true to say that the value of the evaluation is inseparably linked to the purpose to which the evaluation results will be put.For the developer of an MT system, the evaluation of the quality of the MT output must be approached from the viewpoint of increasing the knowledge about the MT system. Resultant measures must be analysed, so that practical feedback to improve the system is feasible. However, for the manager, evaluation of the MT output is often viewed in terms of comparison. Measures are compared against previous measures, or against those obtained by other systems, in order to gauge progress, or to assess the systems ability.Measurement can be viewed as a tool for increasing the knowledge of some object or entity. From both viewpoints described above, the measurement is required as a means to increase the knowledge about the system, whether it is knowledge about the systems errors, or performance.However, there is a more fundamental level at which measurement should be applied as a tool for increasing knowledge; that is, to increase the knowledge of the properties we are trying to measure (in this case intelligibility and fidelity). Such measurement is a precursory requirement for more general uses of evaluation measures, as described above.When surveying the many methods currently employed in MT evaluation, it is not immediately obvious that the methods used serve to increase the knowledge of the properties being measured. This report describes a constructive machine translation evaluation method, aimed at addressing this issue. 99

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A review of the fundamental concepts of measurement

Cited by 115 publications

References 37 publications

The conceptual link between measurements, evaluations, preferences and indicators, according to the representational theory

The conceptual link between measurements, evaluations, preferences and indicators, according to the representational theory

Object-oriented product metrics: A generic framework

Constructive machine translation evaluation

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