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What can mathematical modelling contribute to a sociology of quantification? [PDF]
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023 Sociology of quantification has spent relatively less energies investigating mathematical modelling than it has on other forms of quantification such as statistics, metrics, or algorithms based on artificial intelligence.
Andrea Saltelli, Arnald Puy
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From sociology of quantification to ethics of quantification [PDF]
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2020 Quantifications are produced by several disciplinary houses in a myriad of different styles. The concerns about unethical use of algorithms, unintended consequences of metrics, as well as the warning about statistical and mathematical malpractices are ...
Andrea Saltelli, Monica Di Fiore
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Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2019 A diversity of modes of quantification in contemporary societies have now been explored, following the path of scholars who inspired this field, such as Alain Desrosières.
David Demortain
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Scientific autonomy in the structural bubble: from institutional bias to AI-mediated consensus [PDF]
Frontiers in Research Metrics and AnalyticsMost professional science is produced inside institutions whose survival depends on competitive funding, political legitimacy, and reputation management.
Elias Rubenstein
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Sociology CompassABSTRACT Sociologists examine various forms of quantification and their consequences. In organizational sociology, the interloper perspective represents the dominant view on quantification, conceptualizing it as a new field actor that creates commercial opportunities through the institutionalization of quantification mechanisms and ...
Joonwoo Son
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What's New with Numbers? Sociological Approaches to the Study of Quantification [PDF]
Annual Review of Sociology, 2019 Calculation and quantification have been critical features of modern societies, closely linked to science, markets, and administration. In the past thirty years, the pace, purpose, and scope of quantification have greatly expanded, and there has been a corresponding increase in scholarship on quantification.
Andrea Mennicken, Wendy Nelson Espeland
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Measuring of Goodwill in Non-profit Organizations under the conditions of Globalization: The Case of Slovak Republic [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2021 Research background: Both the creation and quantification of goodwill are interdisciplinary issues affecting accounting, economics, law, marketing, sociology and human resources.
Podhorska Ivana
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The Sociology of Quantification: Where Are We Now?
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 2017 A decade ago, Wendy Espeland and Mitchell Stevens published an essay titled “The Sociology of Quantification.” In it, they wrote that “sociologists have generally been reluctant to investigate [quantification] as a sociological phenomenon in its own right.” While accountants, anthropologists, and historians had begun the reflexive study of numbers ...
Hirschman, Daniel, Berman, Elizabeth
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Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 2021 This article reviews the scholarship and legacy of Sally Engle Merry who died on 8th September, 2020. If focuses on a number of research fields and themes that are central to her work and collaborative engagement with other scholars, primarily across the
Anne Griffiths
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