Facets of Behaviormetrics: The 50th Anniversary of the Behaviormetric Society

這本編輯書籍是第一本以英語撰寫的，全面探討行為度量（behaviormetrics）。"行為度量"這個術語涵蓋了所有類型的定量研究方法，以揭示人類行為。行為度量的研究者們已經開發、擴展並改進了多種方法，例如多變量統計分析、調查方法、聚類分析、機器學習、多維尺度分析、對應分析或量化理論、網絡分析、聚類、因子分析、測試理論及相關因素。在行為度量的精神下，研究者們將這些方法應用於從各種領域獲得的調查、實驗或網站數據。

本書的目的有兩個。一是展示行為度量的基本元素如何發展成當今的行為度量。另一個是展示主要由希望開創行為度量新領域的研究者所進行的研究，以及顯示未來行為度量元素的研究。這些研究包含了各種特徵，例如處理理論或概念主題、算法、模型、方法，以及應用於各種領域。本書幫助讀者理解行為度量的現在與未來。

Akinori Okada is a Professor Emeritus of Rikkyo University, and holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Keio University. Okada obtained his undergraduate degree of engineering from Keio Universality in 1966. After studied at the graduate school of Keio Universality, he became a research assistant at Chiba University in 1971. He moved to the School of Social Relations of Rikkyo University in 1972, and was appointed a Professor in 1981. From 2007 to 2014, he was a Professor of Tama University. His research interests are the areas in dealing with asymmetric relationships by multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. He published a book titled 'Methods for the Analysis of Asymmetric Proximity Data' with Giuseppe Bove and Donatella Vicari in 2021. He is a series editor of the book series 'Behaviormetrics: Quantitative Approaches to Human Behavior', a founding editor of the journal 'Advance in Data Analysis and Classification', and a coordinating editor of the journal 'Behaviormetrika'. Okada assumed the position of the president of the International Federation of Classification Societies: IFCS (2016-2017), the president of the Behaviormetric Society (2012-2015), and the president of the Japanese Classification Society: JCS (2005-2009). He is a Fellow Member of the Operations Research Society of Japan and the JCS. He launched the first International Meeting of Psychometric Society (IMPS) with Yutaka Kano, Jacqueline Meulman, Kazuo Shigemasu, and Haruo Yanai in 2000, and started the Japanese-German (German-Japanese) Symposium on Classification with Wolfgung Gaul, Hans Hermann Bock, and Keiji Yajima in 2005.

Kazuo Shigemasu is Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo and currently the visiting professor at Keio University. He earned his B.A. in Educational Psychology in 1968 from Tokyo University and his Ph.D. in 1974 in Psychometrics from University of Iowa. His specialization is psychometrics and data analysis in psychology. He hastaught Bayesian Statistics for many years to social scientists at Tohoku University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, The University of Tokyo, Teikyo University etc. He served as the President of the Behaviormetric Society, Japanese Psychological Association, Japan Association for Practice on Testing and the Japanese Society of Theoretical Psychology. He also served as the chairman of the organizing committee of International Congress of Psychology (ICP) held in Yokohama in 2016.

Ryozo Yoshino is Professor Emeritus, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics and The Graduate University for Advanced Studies. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Tokyo University in 1980 and his Ph. D. in 1988 from the Cognitive Science Group at the University of California, Irvine. In 1989, he joined the Social Survey Group of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics in Tokyo. Since then, he has been engaged in empirical research on public opinion surveys, cross-national comparative socialsurveys on national character, and mathematical modeling of the dynamism of social consciousness for over 30 years. Since 2022, he has served as President of the Japan Association for Public Opinion Research (JAPOR), which was founded in 1948 as a voluntary organization under the guidance of the U.S. government to promote postwar democracy and became an incorporated foundation in 1950. He has published many papers in national and international journals, including Behaviormetrika and the Japanese Journal of Behaviormetrika. Two recent books are published by Springer: Cultural Manifold Analysis -Methodology on Cross-National and Longitudinal Survey of National Character (Yoshino, 2021); "People and Trust", a chapter of the book, Advanced Studies in Behaviormetrics and Data Science (Imaizumi, Nakayama & Yokoyama [eds.], 2019, pp.409-472).

Satoru Yokoyama is an Associate Professor at Department of Marketing, School of Business, Aoyama Gakuin University. Hegraduated from the Department of Administration Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University in 2003, and received his Ph.D in Engineering in 2009 from Keio University. He became an assistant professor at the Department of Business Administration Faculty of Economics Teikyo University in 2010, a deputy associate professor in 2013, and has been in his current position since 2017. His research focuses on methods for proximity data analysis, especially on proposing and improving models for multidimensional scaling and overlapping cluster analysis. Recently, he has also been interested in the application of multivariate analysis methods, including proximity data analysis methods, to the field of marketing. He had published several papers in academic journals, including the Japanese Journal of Behaviormetrika, Computational Statistics and the Springer's book series of "Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization". He contributed to the publication of "Advanced Studies in Behaviormetrics and Data Science: Essays in Honor of Akinori Okada" as one of the editors.

岡田明則是立教大學名譽教授，擁有慶應義塾大學的工程學博士學位。岡田於1966年獲得慶應義塾大學的工程學學士學位。完成慶應義塾大學的研究所學習後，他於1971年成為千葉大學的研究助理。1972年，他轉至立教大學社會關係學院，並於1981年被任命為教授。從2007年到2014年，他是多摩大學的教授。他的研究興趣主要集中在利用多維尺度和聚類分析處理不對稱關係的領域。他於2021年與Giuseppe Bove和Donatella Vicari共同出版了名為《Methods for the Analysis of Asymmetric Proximity Data》的書籍。他是書系列《Behaviormetrics: Quantitative Approaches to Human Behavior》的系列編輯，也是期刊《Advance in Data Analysis and Classification》的創始編輯，以及期刊《Behaviormetrika》的協調編輯。岡田曾擔任國際分類學會聯合會（IFCS）會長（2016-2017）、行為計量學會會長（2012-2015）及日本分類學會（JCS）會長（2005-2009）。他是日本運籌學會和JCS的Fellow Member。他於2000年與加納裕、雅克琳·梅爾曼、重益和夫及柳井春夫共同發起了第一屆國際心理計量學會議（IMPS），並於2005年與沃爾夫岡·高爾、漢斯·赫爾曼·博克及矢島圭司共同啟動了日德（德日）分類研討會。

重益和夫是東京大學名譽教授，目前擔任慶應義塾大學的訪問教授。他於1968年在東京大學獲得教育心理學學士學位，並於1974年在愛荷華大學獲得心理計量學博士學位。他的專業領域為心理計量學和心理學數據分析。他多年來在東北大學、東京工業大學、東京大學、帝京大學等社會科學領域教授貝葉斯統計。他曾擔任行為計量學會、日本心理學會、日本測試實務協會及日本理論心理學會的會長。他還擔任2016年在橫濱舉行的國際心理學大會（ICP）組織委員會的主席。

吉野良三是統計數學研究所及高等研究院的名譽教授。他於1980年在東京大學獲得心理學學士學位，並於1988年在加州大學爾灣分校的認知科學小組獲得博士學位。1989年，他加入東京的統計數學研究所社會調查小組。自那時以來，他從事公共意見調查、國家性格的跨國比較社會調查以及社會意識動態的數學建模的實證研究，已有超過30年的經驗。自2022年以來，他擔任日本公共意見研究協會（JAPOR）會長，該協會成立於1948年，作為美國政府指導下的自願組織，旨在促進戰後民主，並於1950年成為法人基金會。他在國內外期刊上發表了許多論文，包括《Behaviormetrika》和《日本行為計量學期刊》。最近出版的兩本書由Springer出版：《Cultural Manifold Analysis -Methodology on Cross-National and Longitudinal Survey of National Character》（吉野，2021）；《People and Trust》，收錄於《Advanced Studies in Behaviormetrics and Data Science》（今泉、中山與橫山編，2019年，第409-472頁）。

橫山悟是青山學院大學商學院行銷系的副教授。他畢業於該系。