Quality in science

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Quality in science

edited by Marcel Chotkowski La Follette

MIT Press, c1982

  • : pbk

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"Most of the essays in this book first appeared in the winter and spring 1982 issues of the quarterly review, Science, technology & human values"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographies and index

Contents of Works

  • Foreword / by Gerald Holton
  • Science indicators and science priorities / Harvey Brooks
  • Needs, leads, and indicators / Robert S. Morison
  • The quality of "the quality of science" / Bruce Mazlish
  • Industry evaluation of research quality / Lewis Branscomb
  • The public and science policy / Kenneth Prewitt
  • Changing public attitudes to science and the quality of life / Daniel Yankelovich
  • The social assessment of science, or the de-institutionalization of the scientific profession / Peter Weingart
  • The quality of science equation / Orrin G. Hatch
  • The role of the federal government in supporting research and development / George E. Brown, Jr
  • Decision-making for quality science / Don Fuqua and Doug Walgren
  • Secrecy and openness in science / Sissela Bok
  • Ethical issues in the assessment of science

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780262120999

Description

The essays in this volume offer a wide variety of fresh perspectives on the assessment of quality in science and technology. They proceed from the premise that while quantitative measures may be useful for gross assessments, a rounded picture of scientific activity requires qualitative measures that are sensitive to the ethical, conceptual, social, and historical contexts of science. Among the questions they explore are: How do we develop such qualitative measures? Are different measures needed for different groups involved in and affected by scientific work? What are the constraints on quality?Overall, the book provides a solid base on which the debate over public assessments of science and the development of indicators of quality may proceed.Contributors include Sissela Bok, Lewis Branscomb, Harvey Brooks, George E. Brown, Jr., Don Fuqua, Orrin G. Hatch, Donald Hornig, Roy MacLeod, Bruce Mazlish, Robert S. Morison, Kenneth Prewitt, Doug Walgren, Peter Weingart, and Daniel Yankelovich.Marcel Chotkowski La Follette is editor of the journal "Science, Technology, & Human Values," in which most of these essays first appeared.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780262620406

Description

The essays in this volume offer a wide variety of fresh perspectives on the assessment of quality in science and technology. They proceed from the premise that while quantitative measures may be useful for gross assessments, a rounded picture of scientific activity requires qualitative measures that are sensitive to the ethical, conceptual, social, and historical contexts of science. Among the questions they explore are: How do we develop such qualitative measures? Are different measures needed for different groups involved in and affected by scientific work? What are the constraints on quality? Overall, the book provides a solid base on which the debate over public assessments of science and the development of indicators of quality may proceed. Contributors Sissela Bok, Lewis Branscomb, Harvey Brooks, George E. Brown, Jr., Don Fuqua, Orrin G. Hatch, Donald Hornig, Roy MacLeod, Bruce Mazlish, Robert S. Morison, Kenneth Prewitt, Doug Walgren, Peter Weingart, and Daniel Yankelovich

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