Does measurement measure up? : how numbers reveal and conceal the truth /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Henshaw, John M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Measurement.
Uncertainty (Information theory)
Knowledge, Theory of.
Mesure.
Incertitude (Théorie de l'information)
Théorie de la connaissance.
measuring.
epistemology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Measurement.
MATHEMATICS > Measurement.
Knowledge, Theory of
Measurement
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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