MTU Library Catalogue

The measurement of meaning / Charles E. Osgood, George J. Suci and Percy H. Tannenbaum.

By: Osgood, Charles Egerton [author].
Contributor(s): Suci, George J. (George John), 1925- [author] | Tannenbaum, Percy H, 1927- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1957] [1971]Copyright date: ©1957Description: 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Semantics (Philosophy) | Meaning (Psychology)DDC classification: 152
Contents:
The logic of semantic differentiation -- The dimensionality of the semantic space -- The semantic differential as a measuring instrument -- Evaluation of the semantic differential -- Attitude measurement and the principle of congruity -- Semantic measurement in personality and psychotherapy research -- Semantic measurement in communications research -- Summary and prospectus.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-342) and index.

The logic of semantic differentiation -- The dimensionality of the semantic space -- The semantic differential as a measuring instrument -- Evaluation of the semantic differential -- Attitude measurement and the principle of congruity -- Semantic measurement in personality and psychotherapy research -- Semantic measurement in communications research -- Summary and prospectus.