THE
AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Size matters:
measurement and understanding
by
Professor David J Hand,
starting
at
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This is a joint meeting with IMechE
Abstract
The
ideas of measurement are so ubiquitous that we often fail to notice them: they
are simply parts of the conceptual universe in which we function.
However, it has not always been thus and sometimes, even now, rips in this
usually unnoticed background fabric appear, casting doubts on one’s view of the
way the world works. Occasionally these tears have serious, even fatal
consequences. This talk looks at the conceptual infrastructure of
quantification, showing how humans have constructed it, how it can be
interpreted, and how it is manipulated to make valid inferences about the real
world. The talk is illustrated with measurement tools from psychology,
medicine, physics, economics and other areas.
No charge is made to attend meeting; non-IMA members
are welcome
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