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Trust in numbers : the pursuit of objectivity in science and public life /

What accounts for the prestige of quantitative methods? The usual answer is that quantification is desirable in social investigation as a result of its successes in science. Trust in Numbers questions whether such success in the study of stars, molecules, or cells should be an attractive model for r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Porter, Theodore M., 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2020.
Edition:New edition.
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Online Access:Texto completo