Does measurement measure up? : how numbers reveal and conceal the truth /
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2006.
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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, garbage out : the computer and measurement
- How funny is that? Knowledge without measurement?
- Faith, hope, and love : the future of measurement--and of knowledge.