Comments on: All metrics are wrong, but some are useful http://science.okfn.org/2014/05/31/all-metrics-are-wrong-but-some-are-useful/ Sun, 26 Apr 2015 17:57:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 By: Panton Fellowship Wrap-Up | Science and the Web http://science.okfn.org/2014/05/31/all-metrics-are-wrong-but-some-are-useful/#comment-298726 Sun, 26 Apr 2015 17:57:47 +0000 http://science.okfn.org/?p=1859#comment-298726 […] blog post entitled “All metrics are wrong, but some are useful” sums up my views on (alt)metrics: I argue that no single number can determine the worth of an […]

]]> By: John Hunter http://science.okfn.org/2014/05/31/all-metrics-are-wrong-but-some-are-useful/#comment-75048 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 02:23:48 +0000 http://science.okfn.org/?p=1859#comment-75048 “metrics are generated must be open and transparent to make gaming of the system more difficult, and to expose the biases that are inherent in humanly created data”

Very true. Understanding the proxy nature of data (and how well or questionably the proxy fits) is important.

http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2004/08/29/dangers-of-forgetting-proxy-nature-of-data/

Data can’t lie http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/08/09/data-cant-lie/ but we often make it easy for others to mislead us when we don’t understand (or question) what the data really means (what operational definitions were used in the collection, etc.).

]]> By: Open Science Sum-Up Juni | Offene Wissenschaft http://science.okfn.org/2014/05/31/all-metrics-are-wrong-but-some-are-useful/#comment-59734 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 14:21:16 +0000 http://science.okfn.org/?p=1859#comment-59734 […] sind offene und transparente Metriken so wichtig? Dahinter steckt der Gedanke von “All Models are wrong, but some are […]

]]> By: All metrics are wrong, but some are useful | Science and the Web http://science.okfn.org/2014/05/31/all-metrics-are-wrong-but-some-are-useful/#comment-53030 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:50:52 +0000 http://science.okfn.org/?p=1859#comment-53030 […] This is a reblog from the OKFN Science Blog. As part of my duties as a Panton Fellow, I will be regularly blogging there about my activities […]

]]> By: Links vom 03.06.2014 | Offene Wissenschaft http://science.okfn.org/2014/05/31/all-metrics-are-wrong-but-some-are-useful/#comment-49396 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 07:00:44 +0000 http://science.okfn.org/?p=1859#comment-49396 […] All metrics are wrong, but some are useful – Sehr nachvollziehbarer Post von Peter Kraker, dass auch alternative Metriken wie Altmetrics immer auch eine Verzerrung der Realität bedeuten. Vielmehr sollte es das Ziel sein (auch durch die Verknüpfung mehrere Metriken) den Kontext mit zu berücksichtigen. Die Idee eines visuellen Ansatzes finde ich zumindest spannend. […]

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