ABSTRACT
Whatcanbeobservedeitherdirectlyorindirectlyisasetoftraitsof someconcretesystem.Ifobservationistobepreciseitmustbequantitativebecauseconcretesystemshavequantitativeproperties,ifonly becausetheyexistindeterminateamountsandinspacetime.Quantitativeobservationismeasurement.Whenevernumbersareassignedto certaintraitsonthebasisofobservation,measurementsarebeingtaken. Thereareasmanykindsofmeasurementaskindsofpropertiesand measurementtechniques.Essentiallywecancount,compare,ormeasureinastrictsense.Inordertodecidewhatkindofmeasurementis tobedone,ananalysisoftheconceptdenotingthecorresponding propertymustbeperformed.Accordinglythenatureofquantification mustbeanalyzedbeforethefeaturesofmeasurementcanbeunderstood.
