The Nature and Purpose of the Measurement of Social Phenomena (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Nature and Purpose of the Measurement of Social Phenomena (Classic Reprint) written by A. L. Bowley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Nature and Purpose of the Measurement of Social Phenomena Though public interest has been directed chiefly to the study of the poor, with a more or less definite hope of eliminating poverty, it is evident that this is only part of the much more general study of society as a whole in all its economic activities and as to all its measurable Characteristics. No one class and no one aspect of economic life can be isolated. This study is entitled to be considered a separate science, and might be called Simply Sociology if that name had not already been chosen to include the knowledge of all group actions and relations, past and present, measurable or not. In order to limit the science one would have to use such a barbarous title as Modern Statistical Sociology, and these words express adequately the subject I propose to discuss. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.