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Does measurement measure up?

how numbers reveal and conceal the truth

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how numbers reveal and conceal the truth

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Does Measurement Measure Up?: How Numbers Reveal and Conceal the Truth
2006, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
Cover of: Does measurement measure up?
Does measurement measure up?: how numbers reveal and conceal the truth
2006, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Of love and luminescence : what, why, and how things get measured
Doing the math : scales, standards and some beautiful measurements
The ratings game : "overall" measurements and rankings
Measurement in business : what gets measured gets done
Games of inches : sports and measurement
Measuring the mind : intelligence, biology, and education
Man : the measure of all things
It's not just the heat, it's the humidity : global warming and environmental measurement
Garbage in equals garbage out : the computer and measurement
How funny is that? Knowledge without measurement?
Faith, hope, and love : the future of measurement
and of knowledge.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Baltimore

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
530.8
Library of Congress
QA465 .H46 2006, QA465.H46, QA465 .H46 2006eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

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Open Library
OL3411638M
Internet Archive
doesmeasurementm00hens
ISBN 10
080188375X
LCCN
2005027716
Library Thing
1637335
Goodreads
761857

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