Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The AuthorsMeasurement theory, a branch of applied mathematics, offers guiding principles for extracting meaning from empirical observations and is applicable to any science involving measurements. Measurement theory is highly relevant in paleobiology because statistical approaches assuming ratio-scaled variables are commonly used on data belonging to nominal and ordinal scale types. We provide an informal introduction to representational measurement theory and argue for its importance in robust scientific inquiry. Although measurement theory is widely applicable in paleobiology research, we use the study of disparity to illustrate measurement theoretical challenges in the quantitative study of the fossil record....
Two plant fossil-bearing beds from the middle Barremian of Belgium were analysed to ascertain how ex...
This computational science module covers the basics of logarithms and exponents (i.e., magnitude sca...
Studying the deep-time origins of macroecological phenomena can help us to understand their long-ter...
Measurement theory, a branch of applied mathematics, offers guiding principles for extracting meanin...
International audienceWe characterize the access to empirical objects in biology from a theoretical ...
Absolute size is a critical determinant of organismal biology, yet there exists no real consensus as...
For some time there has been a noticeable trend toward a more strictly quantitative outlook in paleo...
A brief history of the application of mathematical methods to the study of fossils is followed by a ...
This paper discusses basic issues about the nature of measurement for concepts in the social scienc...
Assessing the quality of the fossil record is notoriously hard, and many recent attempts have used s...
<p>(a) Abundance of specimens per standardize sample unit (207 g); (b) average specimen size (mean m...
<p>Proportions of organisms represented by body (skeletal) fossils (a) and trace (footprint) fossils...
Omnia in mensura et numero et pondere disposuisti is a famous Latin phrase from Solomon’s Book of Wi...
Measurement is central to empirical research whether observational or experimental. Common to all me...
Measurement is a process aimed at acquiring and codifying information about properties of empirical...
Two plant fossil-bearing beds from the middle Barremian of Belgium were analysed to ascertain how ex...
This computational science module covers the basics of logarithms and exponents (i.e., magnitude sca...
Studying the deep-time origins of macroecological phenomena can help us to understand their long-ter...
Measurement theory, a branch of applied mathematics, offers guiding principles for extracting meanin...
International audienceWe characterize the access to empirical objects in biology from a theoretical ...
Absolute size is a critical determinant of organismal biology, yet there exists no real consensus as...
For some time there has been a noticeable trend toward a more strictly quantitative outlook in paleo...
A brief history of the application of mathematical methods to the study of fossils is followed by a ...
This paper discusses basic issues about the nature of measurement for concepts in the social scienc...
Assessing the quality of the fossil record is notoriously hard, and many recent attempts have used s...
<p>(a) Abundance of specimens per standardize sample unit (207 g); (b) average specimen size (mean m...
<p>Proportions of organisms represented by body (skeletal) fossils (a) and trace (footprint) fossils...
Omnia in mensura et numero et pondere disposuisti is a famous Latin phrase from Solomon’s Book of Wi...
Measurement is central to empirical research whether observational or experimental. Common to all me...
Measurement is a process aimed at acquiring and codifying information about properties of empirical...
Two plant fossil-bearing beds from the middle Barremian of Belgium were analysed to ascertain how ex...
This computational science module covers the basics of logarithms and exponents (i.e., magnitude sca...
Studying the deep-time origins of macroecological phenomena can help us to understand their long-ter...