02931nam 2200589 a 450 991081685570332120240416173642.00-8018-8937-5(CKB)1000000000482185(OCoLC)232160463(CaPaEBR)ebrary10188526(SSID)ssj0000140593(PQKBManifestationID)11144739(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140593(PQKBWorkID)10052697(PQKB)10483418(MiAaPQ)EBC3318325(MdBmJHUP)muse2565(Au-PeEL)EBL3318325(CaPaEBR)ebr10188526(OCoLC)923193390(EXLCZ)99100000000048218520050921d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDoes measurement measure up? how numbers reveal and conceal the truth /John M. Henshaw1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Pressc20061 online resource (245 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-8375-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-222) and index.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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.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.MeasurementUncertainty (Information theory)Knowledge, Theory ofMeasurement.Uncertainty (Information theory)Knowledge, Theory of.530.8Henshaw John M1724951MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816855703321Does measurement measure up4127455UNINA