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· 제목 : Does Measurement Measure Up?: How Numbers Reveal and Conceal the Truth (Hardcover)
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 수학 > 측정
· ISBN : 9780801883750
· 쪽수 : 248쪽
· 출판일 : 2006-04-01
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 수학 > 측정
· ISBN : 9780801883750
· 쪽수 : 248쪽
· 출판일 : 2006-04-01
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Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Of Love and Luminescene: What, Why, and How Things Get Measured
2. Doing the Math: Scales, Standards, and Some Beautiful Measurements
3. The Ratings Game: ''Overall'' Measurements and Rankings
4. Measurement in Business: What Gets Measured Gets Done
5. Games of Inches: Sports and Measurement
6. Measuring the Mind: Intelligence, Biology, and Education
7. Man: The Measure of All Things
8. It's Not Just the Heat, it's the Humidity: Global Warming and Environmental Measurement
9. Garbage In, Garbage Out: The Computer and Measurement
10. How Funny Is That? Knowledge Without Measurement?
11. Faith, Hope, and Love: The Future of Measuremen?and of Knowledget
References
Index
