Abstract
The importance of measurement modeling lies in its relation to theory construction. Measurement models relate abstract-theoretical and concrete-observational concepts to each other through statements called semantic rules, rules of correspondence and other similar names. Such models are sub-systems of abstract theoretical networks. The testing of such networks is impossible without measurement models because the theoretical networks simply do not exist in their absence. In the social sciences it is generally the case that the measurement model component of the theories is both implicit in their formulation and ambiguous in form. It is not possible therefore to cumulatively develop in a non-subjective way theories of social systems from empirical investigations. The purpose of empirical research is therefore defeated, and data based studies partake of the same impressionism as do speculative efforts. This paper illustrates, through a brief literature review, the measurement modeling problem. It then outlin...
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