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Measurement Is The Assignment Of Numbers To Objects Or Events According To A Rule. But The Rules Applicable In The Field Are Different From The Rules Used In The Laboratory. Methodologies Appropriate For Field Measurement Have To Include Instructions Of How To Replace Control Of The Measurand And Environment By Control Of The Representing Model, And How To Deal With Unscientific Observations. Investigations Of Several Measurement Practices In Different Social Field Sciences Show That For Such Methodologies Expert Judgement Is Indispensable. Marcel Boumans. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.