Luca Mari

TL;DR: This paper lays the foundations of a pragmatic epistemology of measurement in both physical and social sciences by discussing three fundamental positions on measurement, characterized as metaphysical, anti-metaphysical and relativistic.

TL;DR: In this article, the general epistemological problem of measurement with respect to generic evaluation has been investigated, and three distinct standpoints are recognized, corresponding to a metaphysical, an anti-metaphysical, and relativistic period.

TL;DR: In this article, the distinction between exact and uncertain measurement is formalized in terms of the properties of the traceability chain joining the measuring system to the primary standard and the consequence is drawn that uncertain measurements lose the property of relation-preservation, on which the very concept of measurement is founded according to the representational viewpoint.

TL;DR: A formal model for measuring R&D performance is illustrated, based upon a balanced and synthetic evaluation of quantitative indicators from five different perspectives of performance: financial, customer, innovation and learning, internal business, alliances, and networks.

TL;DR: The paper develops an analytical discussion of common elements between metrology and psychometrics, and introduces the basic Rasch model, a measurement-related shared concept system and a terminology understandable in both physical and social sciences.