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keywords:
[metatheory]
[multivariate behavioral sciences]
[replicable research]
[meaningful measurements]
[can be advanced]
[discovering relationships]
[classifications of observations]
[partitions of suitable data-representation spaces]
[similarity measures]
[partially ordered sets]
[content universe]
[investigated attribute]
[variables as statistical units]
[the mapping sentence]
[the common-meaning range]
[content profiles]
[fairness: a vertical line]
[utility: a horizontal line]
[equality: an L-shaped line]
[corrective action: an inverted-L-shaped line]
[a novel paradigm for the behavioral sciences]