Papers from the Joint International IMEKO TC1+ TC7+ TC13 Symposium held August 31st to September 2nd, 2011, in Jena, Germany are now available online at http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24575/IMEKO2011_TOC.pdf. The following will be of particular interest to those interested in measurement applications in the social sciences, education, health care, and psychology:
Nikolaus Bezruczko
Foundational Imperatives for Measurement with Mathematical Models
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24419/ilm1-2011imeko-030.pdf
Nikolaus Bezruczko, Shu-Pi C. Chen, Connie Hill, Joyce M. Chesniak
A Clinical Scale for Measuring Functional Caregiving of Children Assisted with Medical Technologies
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24507/ilm1-2011imeko-032.pdf
Stefan Cano, Anne F. Klassen, Andrea L. Pusic, Andrea
From Breast-Q © to Q-Score ©: Using Rasch Measurement to Better Capture Breast Surgery Outcomes
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24429/ilm1-2011imeko-039.pdf
Gordon A. Cooper, William P. Fisher, Jr.
Continuous Quantity and Unit; Their Centrality to Measurement
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24494/ilm1-2011imeko-019.pdf
William P. Fisher, Jr.
Measurement, Metrology and the Coordination of Sociotechnical Networks
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24491/ilm1-2011imeko-017.pdf
William .P Fisher, Jr., A. Jackson Stenner
A Technology Roadmap for Intangible Assets Metrology
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24493/ilm1-2011imeko-018.pdf
Carl V. Granger, Nikolaus Bezruczko
Body, Mind, and Spirit are Instrumental to Functional Health: A Case Study
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24494/ilm1-2011imeko-019.pdf
Thomas Salzberger
The Quantification of Latent Variables in the Social Sciences: Requirements for Scientific Measurement and Shortcomings of Current Procedures
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24417/ilm1-2011imeko-029.pdf
A. Jackson Stenner, Mark Stone, Donald Burdick
How to Model and Test for the Mechanisms that Make Measurement Systems Tick
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24416/ilm1-2011imeko-027.pdf
Mark Wilson
The Role of Mathematical Models in Measurement: A Perspective from Psychometrics
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24178/ilm1-2011imeko-005.pdf
Also of interest will be Karl Ruhm’s plenary lecture and papers from the Fundamentals of Measurement Science session and the Special Session on the Role of Mathematical Models in Measurement:
Karl H. Ruhm
From Verbal Models to Mathematical Models – A Didactical Concept not just in Metrology
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24167/ilm1-2011imeko-002.pdf
Alessandro Giordani, Luca Mari
Quantity and Quantity Value
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24414/ilm1-2011imeko-025.pdf
Eric Benoit
Uncertainty in Fuzzy Scales Based Measurements
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24415/ilm1-2011imeko-020.pdf
Susanne C.N. Töpfer
Application of Mathematical Models in Optical Coordinate Metrology
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24445/ilm1-2011imeko-008.pdf
Giovanni Battista Rossi
Measurement Modelling: Foundations and Probabilistic Approach
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24446/ilm1-2011imeko-009.pdf
Sanowar H. Khan, Ludwik Finkelstein
The Role of Mathematical Modelling in the Analysis and Design of Measurement Systems
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24448/ilm1-2011imeko-010.pdf
Roman Z. Morawski
Application-Oriented Approach to Mathematical Modelling of Measurement Processes
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-24449/ilm1-2011imeko-011.pdf
