Featuring a practical approach with numerous examples, this book focuses on helping the reader develop a conceptual, rather than technical, understanding of categorical methods, making it a much more accessible text than others on the market. The authors cover common categorical analyses and emphasi
Fuzzy Set Analysis for Behavioral and Social Sciences
β Scribed by Michael Smithson (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 331
- Series
- Recent Research in Psychology
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction: Why Fuzzy Sets?....Pages 1-8
Fuzzy Set Theory: The Basics....Pages 9-53
Is Fuzzy Set Theory Realistic?....Pages 54-76
Fuzzy Scales and Measurement....Pages 77-108
Fuzziness and Internal Category Structure....Pages 109-140
Intercategory Relations and Taxonomic Analysis....Pages 141-194
Fuzzy Set Theory and Nonlinear Models....Pages 195-250
Prediction and Fuzzy Logic....Pages 251-287
Epilogue: From Words to Numbers and Back Again....Pages 288-296
Back Matter....Pages 297-326
β¦ Subjects
Psychology, general; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law
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