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The Measurement Scale: Probabilistic Approach

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The discussion on the nature of probability was part of nineteenth century epistemological debate. According to Hacking, probability may be understood either as a relative frequency or as a degree of belief [1].

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    The former seems to be the perspective of statistical mechanics [6], the latter that of quantum mechanics [17].

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    Proof is quite technical and can be omitted, at a first reading, without loss of continuity.

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    Giovanni Battista Rossi

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Rossi, G.B. (2014). The Measurement Scale: Probabilistic Approach. In: Measurement and Probability. Springer Series in Measurement Science and Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8825-0_4

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