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Sizing up categories: A reply to Morris (1977)
Author(s) -
Wilkins A. J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1979.tb02152.x
Subject(s) - psychology , criticism , measure (data warehouse) , unitary state , cognitive psychology , law , data mining , political science , computer science
Morris (1977) claims that Wilkins' (1971) measure of category size may be inappropriate. In this reply to his criticism it will be argued that Wilkins' measure is perfectly appropriate, but that size, as a unitary concept, is inappropriate.