Measuring the unmeasurable: stretching the methodological borderlines, changing paradigms or simply lowering quality thresholds?
Measuring:
Traditional: Process or result of determining the ratio of a physical quantity (such as length, time, temperature etc.) to a unit of measurement (such as the meter, second or degree Celsius)
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Everything can be measured .. Est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines (Horace)
Is this really true? Or does it depend on the criteria and technology used? We apply seasonal adjustment to measure growth rate. Is this an observation, a model or a composite of both?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace
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http://ulkotours.com/blog/the-vasa-museum-stockholm/
http://claesjohnson.blogspot.com/2009/11/vasa-ship.html
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Relevance
Modelling (Intra- vs. Extrapolation) Facts vs. Feelings Specific New theories ?? purpose
Indicators Multipurpose Primary data coherent meso data
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Opinion Clandestine Price without market Fiction Measurable No meter Future Too costly
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