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Uncontrolled : the surprising payoff of trial-and-error for business, politics, and society
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Uncontrolled : the surprising payoff of trial-and-error for business, politics, and society / Jim Manzi.
ISBN
9780465023240 (hbk. : alk. paper)
046502324X (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780465029310 (e-book)
0465029310 (e-book)
Published
New York : Basic Books, c2012.
Physical Description
xvii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 03, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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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