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The Tyranny Of Numbers
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Author : David Boyle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Tyranny Of Numbers written by David Boyle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Too often we try to quantify what can't actually be measured. We count people, but not individuals. We count exam results rather than intelligence, benefit claimants instead of poverty. The government has set itself 10,000 new targets. Politicians pack their speeches with skewed statistics: crime rates are either rising or falling depending on who is doing the counting. We are in a world in which everything is designed only to be measured. If it can't be measured it can be ignored. The problem is what numbers don't tell you - they won't interpret, they won't inspire, and they won't tell you precisely what causes what. In this book, David Boyle examines our obsession with numbers. He reminds us of the danger of taking numbers so seriously at the expense of what is non-measurable, non-calculable: intuition, creativity, imagination, and happiness.
The Tyranny Of Numbers
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Author : Yuhan Wan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
The Tyranny Of Numbers written by Yuhan Wan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
The Tyranny Of Numbers
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Author : Nick Eberstadt
language : en
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute
Release Date : 1995
The Tyranny Of Numbers written by Nick Eberstadt and has been published by American Enterprise Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Mathematics categories.
This book examines the facts and figures that have led to government measures that have been unhelpful or injurious to their intended beneficiaries.
Quantifying Measurement
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Author : J H Williams
language : en
Publisher: Myprint
Release Date : 2016-11
Quantifying Measurement written by J H Williams and has been published by Myprint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11 with categories.
The Tyranny Of Numbers Confronting The Statistical Realities Of The East Asian Growth Experience
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Author : Alwyn Young
language : es
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Tyranny Of Numbers Confronting The Statistical Realities Of The East Asian Growth Experience written by Alwyn Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
The Tyranny Of Numbers
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Author : Alwyn Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Tyranny Of Numbers written by Alwyn Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Asia categories.
Governing By Numbers
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Author : Stephen J. Ball
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-11
Governing By Numbers written by Stephen J. Ball and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-11 with Education categories.
Social science researchers have become increasing attentive to the role of numbers in contemporary life. Issues around big data, national test results, and output and performance statistics are now routinely reported and debated in the media. Numbers are a powerful resource for governments as a means to manage and ‘improve’ their populations, and we are increasingly represented, organized and driven by an economy of numbers, which inserts itself into more and more aspects of our lives. This book critically addresses some of the ways in which numbers are deployed in educational governance and practice, and some of the consequences of this deployment for what it means to be educated, to teach, and to learn. Recognising that numbers do not simply represent, but that they change things and have real effects, allows us to move beyond a system where difficult and important issues about what we want from education and from teachers are side-stepped in the push to ‘improve our numbers’. This collection offers a set of starting points from which we might speak back to numbers, drawing on research to explore how numbers change the way we think about ourselves and what we do. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Education Policy.
The Tyranny Of Metrics
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Author : Jerry Z. Muller
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2019-04-30
The Tyranny Of Metrics written by Jerry Z. Muller and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-30 with Business & Economics categories.
How the obsession with quantifying human performance threatens business, medicine, education, government—and the quality of our lives Today, organizations of all kinds are ruled by the belief that the path to success is quantifying human performance, publicizing the results, and dividing up the rewards based on the numbers. But in our zeal to instill the evaluation process with scientific rigor, we've gone from measuring performance to fixating on measuring itself—and this tyranny of metrics now threatens the quality of our organizations and lives. In this brief, accessible, and powerful book, Jerry Muller uncovers the damage metrics are causing and shows how we can begin to fix the problem. Filled with examples from business, medicine, education, government, and other fields, the book explains why paying for measured performance doesn't work, why surgical scorecards may increase deaths, and much more. But Muller also shows that, when used as a complement to judgment based on personal experience, metrics can be beneficial, and he includes an invaluable checklist of when and how to use them. The result is an essential corrective to a harmful trend that increasingly affects us all.
Quantifying Measurement
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Author : Jeffrey H Williams
language : en
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Release Date : 2016-11-01
Quantifying Measurement written by Jeffrey H Williams and has been published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-01 with Science categories.
Measurements and experiments are made each and every day, in fields as disparate as particle physics, chemistry, economics and medicine, but have you ever wondered why it is that a particular experiment has been designed to be the way it is. Indeed, how do you design an experiment to measure something whose value is unknown, and what should your considerations be on deciding whether an experiment has yielded the sought after, or indeed any useful result? These are old questions, and they are the reason behind this volume. We will explore the origins of the methods of data analysis that are today routinely applied to all measurements, but which were unknown before the mid-19th Century. Anyone who is interested in the relationship between the precision and accuracy of measurements will find this volume useful. Whether you are a physicist, a chemist, a social scientist, or a student studying one of these subjects, you will discover that the basis of measurement is the struggle to identify the needle of useful data hidden in the haystack of obscuring background noise.
A Dictionary Of African Politics
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Author : Nicholas Cheeseman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-21
A Dictionary Of African Politics written by Nicholas Cheeseman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-21 with Political Science categories.
With over 400 A-Z entries, this new dictionary provides clear and authoritative definitions of terms within the fast-growing field of African Politics. It includes coverage on elections, parties and judiciaries, but also popular protest, gender-relations, the politics of development, and Africa's international relations. Entries comprise of major events and figures within African Politics, including the East African Community and independance, as well as covering key terms of particular relevance to Africa such as neopatrimonialism, queue voting, and post-conflict power sharing. Written by a world-leading political scientist working on the area of African politics, this dictionary is an essential guide for both undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academics, journalists, and researchers working on African politics alike.