Does measurement measure up?
Subtitle: how numbers reveal and conceal the truth
By: John M. Henshaw.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Mensuration; Uncertainty (Information theory); Knowledge, Theory of
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Of love and luminescence : what, why, and how things get measured; title: Doing the math : scales, standards and some beautiful measurements; title: The ratings game : "overall" measurements and rankings; title: Measurement in business : what gets measured gets done; title: Games of inches : sports and measurement; title: Measuring the mind : intelligence, biology, and education; title: Man : the measure of all things; title: It's not just the heat, it's the humidity : global warming and environmental measurement; title: Garbage in equals garbage out : the computer and measurement; title: How funny is that? Knowledge without measurement?; title: Faith, hope, and love : the future of measurement; title: and of knowledge.