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The Importance of Common Metrics for Advancing Social Science Theory and Research: A Workshop Summary
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Contents

1 Introduction 1
Workshop Goals and Issues, 1
About This Report, 5

2 Measurement in the Social Sciences 7
Measurement Standardization in the Physical Sciences, 7
Measurement Standardization in the Social Sciences, 8
Comparable Metrics: Some Examples, 9
Discussion, 15
What Can Be Learned from the Economic Sciences?, 18
Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life, 22
Discussion, 25
Open Discussion, 28

3 Indicators 31
The Standardization of Indicators Used in Policy, 31
Standardized Measurement, 36
High School Completion Rates, 39
A Common Metric for Race and Ethnicity?, 42
Discussion, 46
Open Discussion, 49

4 Social Science Constructs 53
The Theory of Measurement, 53
Measuring Poverty: The Question of Standardization, 56

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