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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- PART I: IMPLICATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE DATA-COLLECTION APPROACHES -- 2. A Fully Nonmetric Unfolding Technique: Interval Values from Ordinal Data -- 3. Social Attitudes: Magnitude Measurement and Theory -- 4. Reladons between Scales -- 5. Memory and the Assessment of Behavior -- 6. Measurement Error in Sociometry -- PART II: MULTIPLE INDICATOR APPROACHES -- 7. An Empirical and Algebraic Analysis of Alternative Techniques for Measuring Unobserved Variables -- 8. Multiple Indicators: Some Criteria of Selection -- 9. Quantifying Unmeasured Variables -- 10. The Causal Approach to Measurement Error in Panel Analysis: Some Further Contingencies -- PART III: ORDINAL MEASUREMENT -- 11. Measures of Association for Bivariate Ordinal Hypotheses -- 12. Ordinal Measures of Association and the General Linear Model -- 13. Nonparametric Partial Correlation -- 14. Ordinal Partial Correlation and Causal Inferences -- 15. Beyond Ordinal Measurement: Weak Tests of Stronger Theories -- Index

"This book features papers addressing a broad range of topics including psychology, religious studies, natural heritage, accounting, business, communication, education and sustainable development. It serves as a platform for disseminating research findings by academicians of local, regional and global prominence, and acts as a catalyst to inspire positive innovations in the development of the region. It is alsoa significant point of referencefor academicians and students. This collection of selected social sciences papers is based on the theme "Soaring Towards Research Excellence", presented at the Regional Conference of Sciences, Technology and Social Sciences (RCSTSS 2016), organised bi-annually by Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang, Malaysia."--