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The role of measurement in economics / Richard Stone.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Monographs (University of Cambridge. Department of Applied Economics) ; 3. | Newmarch lectures, 1948-1949Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 1 online resource (vi, 85 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781316530283 (ebook)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:
  • 330.01/5195 23
LOC classification:
  • HB225 .S86 2013
Online resources: Summary: First published in 1951, and originally delivered as the Newmarch Lectures for 1948-9, this book examines the role of measurement in obtaining and applying economic knowledge. Esteemed economist Richard Stone, who went on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, divides his topic into four sections: questions of fact and empirical constructs; the truth or falsity of a hypothesis; the estimation of parameters; and questions of prediction. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in economics and the development of the discipline.
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First published in 1951, and originally delivered as the Newmarch Lectures for 1948-9, this book examines the role of measurement in obtaining and applying economic knowledge. Esteemed economist Richard Stone, who went on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, divides his topic into four sections: questions of fact and empirical constructs; the truth or falsity of a hypothesis; the estimation of parameters; and questions of prediction. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in economics and the development of the discipline.

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