Does Measurement Measure Up? : How Numbers Reveal and Conceal the Truth

Does Measurement Measure Up? : How Numbers Reveal and Conceal the Truth

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"Academic but accessible to the general reader." -- Scitech Book News

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"I enjoyed this book very much. The author's goal is to highlight the use (and misuse) of measurement in everyday life, a question I have pondered myself on many occasions. Indeed, many of his points were personally engaging to me." -- James Napolitano, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Does Measurement Measure Up? : How Numbers Reveal and Conceal the Truth

Does Measurement Measure Up?: How Numbers Reveal and Conceal the Truth,John M. Henshaw,The Johns Hopkins University Press,080188375X,Applied,Knowledge, Theory of,Mathematics,Mensuration,Physics,Science,Science/Mathematics,Uncertainty (Information theory),Architecture / Planning

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