Does measurement measure up?: how numbers reveal and conceal the truth
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1. Verfasser: Henshaw, John M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press c2006
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-222) and index
Preface -- - Acknowledgments -- - ch. 1 - Of love and luminescence : what, why, and how things get measured -- - ch. 2 - Doing the math : scales, standards, and some beautiful measurements -- - ch. 3 - The ratings game : "overall" measurements and rankings -- - ch. 4 - Measurement in business : what gets measured gets done -- - 5 - Games of inches : sports and measurement -- - ch. 6 - Measuring the mind : intelligence, biology, and education -- - ch. 7 - Man : the measure of all things -- - ch. 8 - It's not just the heat, it's the humidity : global warming and environmental measurement -- - ch. 9 - Garbage in, garbage out : the computer and measurement -- - ch. 10 - How funny is that? Knowledge without measurement? -- - ch. 11 - Faith, hope, and love : the future of measurement -- and of knowledge -- - References -- - Index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 228 p.)
ISBN:080188375X
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