Does measurement measure up?: how numbers reveal and conceal the truth
Henshaw examines the ways in which measurement makes sense or creates nonsense.
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| Zusammenfassung: | Henshaw examines the ways in which measurement makes sense or creates nonsense. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-222) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIV, 228 S. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 080188375X |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS PREFACE IX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII CHAPTER 1 OF LOVE AND
LUMINESCENCE WHAT, WHY, AND HOW THINGS GET MEASURED 1 CHAPTER 2 DOING
THE MATH SCALES, STANDARDS, AND SOME BEAUTIFUL MEASUREMENTS 15 CHAPTER 3
THE RATINGS GAME OVERALL MEASUREMENTS AND RANKINGS 37 CHAPTER 4
MEASUREMENT IN BUSINESS WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS DONE 55 CHAPTER 5 GAMES
OF INCHES SPORTS AND MEASUREMENT 67 CHAPTER 6 MEASURING THE MIND
INTELLIGENCE, BIOLOGY, AND EDUCATION 87 CHAPTER 7 MAN : THE MEASURE OF
ALL THINGS 115 ; CHAPTERS IT S NOT JUST THE HEAT, IT S THE HUMIDITY I
GLOBAL WARMING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENT 135 I CHAPTER 9 % GARBAGE
IN, GARBAGE OUT I THE COMPUTER AND MEASUREMENT 167 ! CHAPTER 10 { HOW
FUNNY IS THAT? KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT MEASUREMENT? 183 I CHAPTER 11 ; FAITH,
HOPE, AND LOVE THE FUTURE OF MEASUREMENT*AND OF KNOWLEDGE 203 T
REFERENCES 217 INDEX 223 VIII
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CONTENTS PREFACE IX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII CHAPTER 1 OF LOVE AND
LUMINESCENCE WHAT, WHY, AND HOW THINGS GET MEASURED 1 CHAPTER 2 DOING
THE MATH SCALES, STANDARDS, AND SOME BEAUTIFUL MEASUREMENTS 15 CHAPTER 3
THE RATINGS GAME "OVERALL" MEASUREMENTS AND RANKINGS 37 CHAPTER 4
MEASUREMENT IN BUSINESS WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS DONE 55 CHAPTER 5 GAMES
OF INCHES SPORTS AND MEASUREMENT 67 CHAPTER 6 MEASURING THE MIND
INTELLIGENCE, BIOLOGY, AND EDUCATION 87 CHAPTER 7 MAN : THE MEASURE OF
ALL THINGS 115 ; CHAPTERS IT'S NOT JUST THE HEAT, IT'S THE HUMIDITY I
GLOBAL WARMING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENT 135 I CHAPTER 9 % GARBAGE
IN, GARBAGE OUT I THE COMPUTER AND MEASUREMENT 167 ! CHAPTER 10 { HOW
FUNNY IS THAT? KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT MEASUREMENT? 183 I CHAPTER 11 ; FAITH,
HOPE, AND LOVE THE FUTURE OF MEASUREMENT*AND OF KNOWLEDGE 203 T
REFERENCES 217 INDEX 223 VIII |
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