Uncontrolled : the surprising payoff of trial-and-error for business, politics, and society / Jim Manzi.
By: Manzi, Jim
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TextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xvii, 300 p. cm.ISBN: 9780465023240 (hbk. : alk. paper); 046502324X (hbk. : alk. paper); 9780465029310 (e-book); 0465029310 (e-book).Subject(s): Social sciences -- Experiments | Social sciences -- Research | Experimental design -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 001.4/34 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 001.434 M319 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003135597 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Induction and the problem of induction -- Falsification and paradigms -- Implicit and explicit knowledge -- Science as a social enterprise -- Science without experiments -- Some observations concerning probability -- The invention and application of the randomized trial -- Limitations of randomized trials -- Non-experimental social science -- Business strategy as applied social science -- The experimental revolution in business -- Experimental social science -- Liberty as means -- Innovation and cohesion -- Sustainable innovation.
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