Bad data : why we measure the wrong things and often miss the metrics that matter /: why we measure the wrong things and often miss the metrics that matter. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Schryvers.
• Authors: Schryvers, Peter, 1983-
• Contents: Introduction -- Teaching to the test: Goodhart's Law and the paradox of metrics -- The ins and outs: the logic model and program evaluation -- The long and short of it: intertemporal problems and undervaluing time -- The problem of per: denominator errors -- The forest and the trees: simplifying complex systems -- Apples and oranges: ignoring differing qualities -- Not everything that can be counted counts: the lamppost problem -- Not everything that counts can be counted: measuring what matters -- The measure of metrics -- Gateways not yardsticks.
• Publisher Details: Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 323 pages)
• Subjects: 001.4/2; Quantitative research -- Evaluation; Performance -- Measurement; Performance -- Measurement; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781633885912; 1633885917
• Related ISBNs: 9781633885905
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 23, 2020).
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