Elsden, Chris, Mellor, Sebastian and Comber, Rob (2016) Getting our hands dirty: why academics should design metrics and address the lack of transparency. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (06 Apr 2016). Website.
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Abstract
Metrics in academia are often an opaque mess, filled with biases and ill-judged assumptions that are used in overly deterministic ways. By getting involved with their design, academics can productively push metrics in a more transparent direction. Chris Elsden, Sebastian Mellor and Rob Comber introduce an example of designing metrics within their own institution. Using the metric of grant income, their tool ResViz shows a chord diagram of academic collaboration and aims to encourage a multiplicity of interpretations.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 LSE Impact of Social Sciences © CC BY 3.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 31 May 2016 09:55 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2024 00:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/66704 |
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