Does measurement measure up? : how numbers reveal and conceal the truth / John M. Henshaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henshaw, John M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Measurement.

Uncertainty (Information theory).

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As we evolve from unquantified ignorance to an imperfect but everpresent state of measured awareness, Henshaw gives us a critical perspective from which we can "measure upthe measurements that have come to affect our lives so greatly.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1 OF LOVE AND LUMINESCENCE: What, Why, and How Things Get Measured

CHAPTER 2 DOING THE MATH: Scales, Standards, and Some Beautiful Measurements

CHAPTER 3 THE RATINGS GAME: ''Overall'' Measurements and Rankings

CHAPTER 4 MEASUREMENT IN BUSINESS: What Gets Measured Gets Done

CHAPTER 5 GAMES OF INCHES: Sports and Measurement

CHAPTER 6 MEASURING THE MIND: Intelligence, Biology, and Education

CHAPTER 7 MAN: The Measure of All Things

CHAPTER 8 IT'S NOT JUST THE HEAT, IT'S THE HUMIDITY: Global Warming and Environmental Measurement

CHAPTER 9 GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT: The Computer and Measurement

CHAPTER 10 HOW FUNNY IS THAT?: Knowledge Without Measurement?

CHAPTER 11 FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE: The Future of Measurement-and of Knowledge

References

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-222) and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-8937-5

OCLC:

232160463