David J. Hand (Senior Research Investigator and Emeritus Professor

Broschiertes Buch

Measurement

A Very Short Introduction

Beschreibung

This Very Short Introduction explores the concept of measurement, its mathematical underpinnings, and its wide range of application from the sciences and social sciences to economics and commerce.

Autor

David Hand was Professor of Statistics at the Open University and then at Imperial, until 2012. He is now Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Senior Research Investigator. He has written 17 books, both academic and more popular. His books include Statistics VSI (OUP, 2008), The Wellbeing of Nations (Wiley, 2014), and most recently, The Improbability Principle (Scientific American, 2014).

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 108mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 132g
• ISBN-13: 9780198779568
• ISBN-10: 0198779569
• Artikelnr.: 45174534