Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy is a 1990 book by Silvio Funtowicz and Jerome Ravetz, in which the authors explain the notational system...
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Pseudoscience (redirect from Pseudo science)
definition, in the book Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy, alludes to the loss of craft skills in handling quantitative information, and to the...
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complex relation between science and policy: the communication of uncertainty, the assessment of quality, and the justification and practice of the extended...
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Assessment and Pedigree. NUSAP was introduced by Silvio Funtowicz and Jerome Ravetz in the 1990 book Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy. See also...
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"The Market for 'Lemons': Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism" is a widely cited seminal paper in the field of economics which explores the concept...
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In cross-cultural psychology, uncertainty avoidance is how cultures differ on the amount of tolerance they have of unpredictability. Uncertainty avoidance...
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Silvio Funtowicz (category Philosophers of science)
R. Ravetz Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy started a series of reflections on the quality of science used for policy, mostly in connection...
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Fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) is a manipulative propaganda tactic used in technology sales, marketing, public relations, politics, polling, and cults...
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Jerome Ravetz (redirect from A no nonsense guide to science)
uncertainty. On the former, he has co-authored (with Silvio Funtowicz) chapters on 'Science, New Forms of' and 'Peer Review and Quality Control' for the...
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Knowledge with Power, and Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy (with Funtowicz), and introduces the ideas of Post-normal Science. Topics include:...
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Decision theory (redirect from Uncertainty modeling)
developments provided a framework for understanding risk and uncertainty, which are central to decision-making. In the 18th century, Daniel Bernoulli...
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(1990). Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy. "Theor and Decision Library, Series A: Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences", Vol....
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Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science...
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Sensitivity analysis (category Mathematical and quantitative methods (economics))
November 25. Science Advice for Policy by European Academies, Making sense of science for policy under conditions of complexity and uncertainty, Berlin, 2019...
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Test method (category Quality control)
Office of Regulatory Science (12 May 2014). "5.4 Test Methods and Method Validation" (PDF). Laboratory Manual Of Quality Policies For ORA Regulatory Laboratories:...
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Development communication (section Policy science as catalyst instrument for environmental communication towards development)
Korfmacher, K. S (1998). "Water quality modeling for environmental management: Lessons from the policy sciences". Policy Sciences. 31 (1): 35–54. doi:10.1023/A:1004334600179...
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Nicholas Bloom (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
working from home, and on innovation. He co-founded research websites on policy uncertainty, global uncertainty, UK uncertainty, management and working from...
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Evidence-based policy (also known as evidence-informed policy or evidence-based governance) is a concept in public policy that advocates for policy decisions...
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Rankings of academic publishers (category Library science)
conceptual ambiguity and uncertainty and require strong assumptions that are not universally accepted. The meaning of citation counts, for example, has long...
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Metrology (section Uncertainty)
related to Metrology. Measurement Uncertainties in Science and Technology, Springer 2005 Presentation about Product Quality planning that includes a typical...
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rules and guidelines in science, education and training programs in science, policy and funding in science, history and future of science, and relationships...
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Science and technology in the Philippines describes scientific and technological progress made by the Philippines and analyses related policy issues....
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sensitivity analysis have originated from environmental science and ecology. Hydrology and water quality are two modelling fields where sensitivity analysis...
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books on flooding: Flood Risk Management in Europe: Innovation in Policy and Practice and Applied Uncertainty in Flood Risk Management. Coastal Change:...
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assessment and risk management. The science behind risk assessment varies greatly in uncertainty and tends to be the focus of political controversy. For example...
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Academy of Sciences' Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) is a board of the United States National Academy of Sciences. The mandate...
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evolving science includes inherent uncertainties. Regulatory science is included in every regulation that includes science. The regulatory science community...
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Evidence-based medicine (redirect from Quality of evidence)
reviews and guidelines. In 1997, the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, then known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research...
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Andrea Saltelli (category Official website not in Wikidata)
physical chemistry, environmental statistics, impact assessment and science for policy. He is currently Counsellor at the UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)...
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needed to become players in science and technology policy. Some programs came to emphasize quantitative methodologies, and most of these were eventually...
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