Author: Brian P. ClearyPublisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1580138454
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces essential measurement units, from grams to pounds to tons.
How to Measure Anything
Author: Douglas W. HubbardPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118836448
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Now updated with new measurement methods and new examples, How to Measure Anything shows managers how to inform themselves in order to make less risky, more profitable business decisions This insightful and eloquent book will show you how to measure those things in your own business, government agency or other organization that, until now, you may have considered "immeasurable," including customer satisfaction, organizational flexibility, technology risk, and technology ROI. Adds new measurement methods, showing how they can be applied to a variety of areas such as risk management and customer satisfaction Simplifies overall content while still making the more technical applications available to those readers who want to dig deeper Continues to boldly assert that any perception of "immeasurability" is based on certain popular misconceptions about measurement and measurement methods Shows the common reasoning for calling something immeasurable, and sets out to correct those ideas Offers practical methods for measuring a variety of "intangibles" Provides an online database (www.howtomeasureanything.com) of downloadable, practical examples worked out in detailed spreadsheets Written by recognized expert Douglas Hubbard—creator of Applied Information Economics—How to Measure Anything, Third Edition illustrates how the author has used his approach across various industries and how any problem, no matter how difficult, ill defined, or uncertain can lend itself to measurement using proven methods.
Millions to Measure
Author: David M. SchwartzPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060848065
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
There are millions of things to measure . . . and almost as many ways to measure them! Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is back -- and ready to explore the invention of length, weight, and volume measurements. After that, with another wave of his wand, the wizard introduces the world of metrics and makes it easy to understand the basic pattern of meters, liters, and grams. With Steven Kellogg's playful and delightfully detailed illustrations, measuring has never been such a blast!
Measurement
Author: Penny DowdyPublisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778743415
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Colorful photographs of measuring tools show the reader how they can measure using common tools at home. This book offers the young reader a clear insight into understanding length, weight, capacity, and temperature.
Author: Measurement
Author: Paul LockhartPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674071174
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
For seven years, Paul Lockhart’s A Mathematician’s Lament enjoyed a samizdat-style popularity in the mathematics underground, before demand prompted its 2009 publication to even wider applause and debate. An impassioned critique of K–12 mathematics education, it outlined how we shortchange students by introducing them to math the wrong way. Here Lockhart offers the positive side of the math education story by showing us how math should be done. Measurement offers a permanent solution to math phobia by introducing us to mathematics as an artful way of thinking and living. In conversational prose that conveys his passion for the subject, Lockhart makes mathematics accessible without oversimplifying. He makes no more attempt to hide the challenge of mathematics than he does to shield us from its beautiful intensity. Favoring plain English and pictures over jargon and formulas, he succeeds in making complex ideas about the mathematics of shape and motion intuitive and graspable. His elegant discussion of mathematical reasoning and themes in classical geometry offers proof of his conviction that mathematics illuminates art as much as science. Lockhart leads us into a universe where beautiful designs and patterns float through our minds and do surprising, miraculous things. As we turn our thoughts to symmetry, circles, cylinders, and cones, we begin to see that almost anyone can “do the math” in a way that brings emotional and aesthetic rewards. Measurement is an invitation to summon curiosity, courage, and creativity in order to experience firsthand the playful excitement of mathematical work.
A Measure of All Things
Author: Ian WhitelawPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312370268
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Discusses the origins of standard units of measurement and how they have changed from ancient times to modern day, and describes systems of measurement, including the metric and Imperial systems and the Système International.
Author: Jerry PallottaA Measure of Everything
Author: Marcus WeeksPublisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A comprehensive reference and history book on what is measured and why. Measurement is one of humankind's oldest and most vital activities. By measuring height, speed, size, temperature, strength and many other factors, humans can compare, improve and progress. In fact, measurement is an essential tool for survival. A Measure of Everything is a wide-ranging and comprehensive guide to what is measured and why. The book begins when the basic measurements were as simple as more, less and enough. As societies evolved, relative measurements were no longer sufficient. Advances in language allowed more precise measurements. Short distances were measured in relation to parts of the human body. For example, the ancient measurement cubit was the length of a pharaoh's arm plus the width of his hand. As society and culture progress and change, so do measurements. The rise of astronomy and the sciences demanded more exact measurements. These measurements are typically named after the discovering scientist, e.g., henry, curie, watt, rutherford, fahrenheit. This book features 28 categories organized into three sections: Earth and Life Sciences: astronomy, distance, time, meteorology, medicine, and five others. Physical Sciences: chemistry, mathematics, physics, speed, weight, temperature, and three others. Technology and Leisure: computers, engineering, finance, food, textiles, and four others. A Measure of Everything is an informative and entertaining book that will appeal to a wide range of readers.
Conducting Research in Psychology
Author: Brett W. PelhamPublisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9780534357184
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Chapter 1. HOW DO WE KNOW? Hands-On Activity 1: Galileo's Dice. Chapter 2. HOW DO WE FIND OUT? THE LOGIC OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. Chapter 3. MOVING FROM FACT TO TRUTH: VALIDITY, RELIABILITY, AND MEASUREMENT. Chapter 4. HOW DO WE MISINTERPRET?: COMMON THREATS TO VALIDITY. Hands-On Activity 2: Regression Toward the Mean. Chapter 5. NON-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS. Methodology Exercise 2: Random Assignment. Chapter 6. EXPERIENCE CAREFULLY PLANNED: EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS. Chapter 7. EXPERIENCE CAREFULLY EXPLOITED: QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS. Chapter 8. RESEARCH DESIGN. Hands-On Activity 3: A Blind Taste Test with Popular Colas. Methodology Exercise 3: Interactions. Chapter 9. BEING A SUCCESSFUL RESEARCHER. Hands-On Activity 4: The Stroop Interference Effect. Chapter 10. A BRIEF COURSE IN STATISTICS. Chapter 11. TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT IT. Chapter 12. HOW TO DESCRIBE THE RESULTS OF STATISTICAL ANALYSES. Chapter 13. PUTTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO WORK: TWENTY METHODOLOLGY PROBLEMS. In Search of a Delicious, Lowfat TV Show. Let's Get Supernatural. Fly Away Home. Impressive Pickup Lines. Clever Who? Life Sucks and So You Die. On the Drawbacks of Liking Yourself. The Early Bird Sets the Win. Testosterone Makes Better Dive Bombers. Working Your Fingers to the Dean's List. To Thine Own Selves be True. A Rosy Mood by Any Other Name? Old Geniuses Never Die Young? Sampling Student Opinion. I'm Speechless. He May be Small But He's Slow. Everyone's a Winner. Can a Couple of Beers Really Go Straight To Your Belly. What's in a Name? Are You Threatening Me?
