Author: Publisher:
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Category : Social problems
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Twentieth Century
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Degeneration
Author: Sir Edwin Ray LankesterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Degeneration
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Catalog of the Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Author: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Trust in Numbers
Author: Theodore M. PorterPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691210543
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A foundational work on historical and social studies of quantification What accounts for the prestige of quantitative methods? The usual answer is that quantification is desirable in social investigation as a result of its successes in science. Trust in Numbers questions whether such success in the study of stars, molecules, or cells should be an attractive model for research on human societies, and examines why the natural sciences are highly quantitative in the first place. Theodore Porter argues that a better understanding of the attractions of quantification in business, government, and social research brings a fresh perspective to its role in psychology, physics, and medicine. Quantitative rigor is not inherent in science but arises from political and social pressures, and objectivity derives its impetus from cultural contexts. In a new preface, the author sheds light on the current infatuation with quantitative methods, particularly at the intersection of science and bureaucracy.
Catalogue
Author: Calcutta (India). Imperial libraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Catalogue ...
Author: Fiedler, Henry George, firm, booksellers, New YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Subject-index to the author-catalogue. 1908-10. 2 v
Author: Imperial Library, CalcuttaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Catalog
Author: University of Texas. Library. Latin American CollectionPublisher:
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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