Non-Additive Quantity Measurement Model

This work considers a model for measuring non-additive quantities, in particular a model for subjective measurement. The purpose of this work was to develop the measurement theory and form of a measurement model that uses the corrected S. Stevens measurement model.A generalized structure was conside...

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Main Authors: V. M. Romanchak, P. S. Serenkov
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Language:English
Published: Belarusian National Technical University 2022-10-01
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Online Access:https://pimi.bntu.by/jour/article/view/779
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description This work considers a model for measuring non-additive quantities, in particular a model for subjective measurement. The purpose of this work was to develop the measurement theory and form of a measurement model that uses the corrected S. Stevens measurement model.A generalized structure was considered that included an empirical system, a mathematical system, and a homomorphism of the empirical system into a numerical system. The main shortcomings of classical measurement theories seem to be: 1) homomorphism does not display operations (in this case, one cannot speak of the meaningfulness of the model); and 2) there is no empirical measurement model that could confirm the existence of a homomorphism. To overcome the shortcomings of existing theories a definition of the measurement equation is given. As a result a measurement model is obtained that is free from the shortcomings of classical measurement theories. The model uses the corrected model of S. Stevens and the reflection principle of J. Barzilai.The measurement model was tested using laws that were obtained empirically. Using the model it is shown that Fechnerʼs empirical law is equivalent to Stevensʼs empirical law. This means that the problem which has attracted attention of many researchers for almost a century, has been solved.A numerical example demonstrates the possibilities of the proposed measurement model. It is shown that the model can be used for extended analysis of expert assessments.
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spelling doaj-art-69c3837e3d0d429aa568ed9603435c0a2025-02-03T11:37:39ZengBelarusian National Technical UniversityПриборы и методы измерений2220-95062414-04732022-10-0113320821510.21122/2220-9506-2022-13-3-208-215589Non-Additive Quantity Measurement ModelV. M. Romanchak0P. S. Serenkov1Belarusian National Technical UniversityBelarusian National Technical UniversityThis work considers a model for measuring non-additive quantities, in particular a model for subjective measurement. The purpose of this work was to develop the measurement theory and form of a measurement model that uses the corrected S. Stevens measurement model.A generalized structure was considered that included an empirical system, a mathematical system, and a homomorphism of the empirical system into a numerical system. The main shortcomings of classical measurement theories seem to be: 1) homomorphism does not display operations (in this case, one cannot speak of the meaningfulness of the model); and 2) there is no empirical measurement model that could confirm the existence of a homomorphism. To overcome the shortcomings of existing theories a definition of the measurement equation is given. As a result a measurement model is obtained that is free from the shortcomings of classical measurement theories. The model uses the corrected model of S. Stevens and the reflection principle of J. Barzilai.The measurement model was tested using laws that were obtained empirically. Using the model it is shown that Fechnerʼs empirical law is equivalent to Stevensʼs empirical law. This means that the problem which has attracted attention of many researchers for almost a century, has been solved.A numerical example demonstrates the possibilities of the proposed measurement model. It is shown that the model can be used for extended analysis of expert assessments.https://pimi.bntu.by/jour/article/view/779measurement theoryfechnerʼs lawstevensʼ lawrasch modelconcept of meaningfulness
spellingShingle V. M. Romanchak
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Non-Additive Quantity Measurement Model
Приборы и методы измерений
measurement theory
fechnerʼs law
stevensʼ law
rasch model
concept of meaningfulness
title Non-Additive Quantity Measurement Model
title_full Non-Additive Quantity Measurement Model
title_fullStr Non-Additive Quantity Measurement Model
title_full_unstemmed Non-Additive Quantity Measurement Model
title_short Non-Additive Quantity Measurement Model
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topic measurement theory
fechnerʼs law
stevensʼ law
rasch model
concept of meaningfulness
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