1. Die nachfolgende Kurzdarstellung meßtheoretischer Begriffe orientiert sich an: J. Bortz, Lehrbuch der Statistik. Für Sozialwissenschaftler, Berlin 1977, S. 24–32.
2. T. Parsons, “Some Comments on the State of the General Theory of Action”, ASR, 18, 1953, 618–631, S. 620.
3. T. Parsons, “A Revised Analytical Approach to the Theory of Social Stratification”, in: T. Parsons, Essays in Sociological Theory, New York 1964 (1953), 386–439.
4. T. Parsons, G.M. Platt, The American Academic Profession, A Pilot Study, Ms., Cambridge, Mass. 1968.
5. T. Parsons, “The American Family: Its Relations to Personality and to the Social Structure”, in: T. Parsons, R.F. Bales, Family, Socialization and Interaction Process, London 1968 (1955), 3–33.