Measurement is at the core of empirical research in marketing because researchers need measures that faithfully represent the constructs in their theories. This 19th volume of Review of Marketing Research addresses important measurement issues to deepen readers' appreciation of the fundamental role of measurement in empirical research in marketing. Measurement in Marketing features a range of chapters from experts in the field who discuss the philosophical foundations of measurement, provide practical recommendations about measurement error and explore the latest research, offering guidance on the selection of appropriate implicit measures for capturing automatic cognitive processes. Measurement in Marketing is built to provide a state-of-the-art discussion of current topics in measurement and deepen readers' appreciation of the fundamental role of measurement in empirical research in marketing.

Measurement in Marketing reviews important issues related to measurement, which is indispensable for empirical research in marketing. The authors distinguish three related but distinct senses to think about measurement and based on this classification discuss issues relevant to each notion of measurement. In one sense, measurement means conceptualizing theoretical variables of interest and choosing appropriate observable indicators of the intended construct. In another sense, measurement means collecting the data necessary for an empirical examination of the theoretical issues under study. In a final sense measurement means constructing a model that relates the data collected in the second step to the latent factors representing the concepts the researcher is interested in, as specified in the first step.