Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy

by Silvio O. Funtowicz and Jerome R. Ravetz

Book Overview

60 -I 137.0 29 ERROR BARS - tONE (1" \ \ \ 4\0 \ \ E \ a. a. \ Z30 \ 137.0388 \ 0 137.0377 \ \ 20 \ \ 0 to 0 '50 Fig.1. Successive recommended values of the fine-structure constand IX-I (B. N. Taylor et 01., 1969,7) reminder that the value is not fully accepted by colleagues, since they will expect it to jump about for a while longer. Our next example is taken from a recent study in the social sciences. It shows how a set of related estimates of uncertainty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792307992
• ISBN13: 9780792307990
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.6"