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Managing sustainable development
In: Environmental studies, policy studies
Monitoring as an extension of the impact assessment process for large projects
In: Project appraisal: ways, means and experiences, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 88-95
A policy approach to technology assessment: values and the future
In: Science and public policy: journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Band 13, Heft 2, S. 77-82
ISSN: 1471-5430
FROM ASSESSMENT TO MONITORING: MAKING OUR ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO THE POLICY PROCESS
In: Impact assessment, Band 4, Heft 3-4, S. 286-303
A POLICY APPROACH TO TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: VALUES AND THE FUTURE
In: Science & public policy: SPP ; journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Band 13, Heft 2, S. 77-82
ISSN: 0302-3427, 0036-8245
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In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 785-786
ISSN: 2325-7784
SOCIAL INDICATORS DATA
In: Review of Policy Research, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 140-144
ISSN: 1541-1338
LESSONS FOR IMPACT MONITORING
In: Impact assessment, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 76-79
1939: L'Alliance de la dernière chance
In: Labour / Le Travail, Band 50, S. 359
Chapter 11: Social Measurement and Social Indicators
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 453, Heft 1, S. 237-253
ISSN: 1552-3349
Our ability to monitor social change and evaluate the condition of our society by means of social indicators depends on our ability to measure a wide variety of social phenomena with acceptable reliability and precision. Thus efforts to improve social measurement—both measurement techniques and data collection procedures—are central to the development of improved social indicators. But if these activities are closely linked, they remain separate in their ultimate objectives. The purpose of social measurement is to obtain reliable estimates of selected quantitative aspects of social phenomena that are of interest for a variety of reasons. Social indicators, in contrast, constitute a subset of social measurements and other forms of evidence that inform us about current conditions and emerging trends with respect to those aspects that relate to human well-being or to major areas of social concern. Three broad problem areas must be dealt with in developing social indicators. First, there are technical problems relating to social measurement per se; these include indicator specification and construction. Second, a variety of sociopolitical problems, such as possible ideological biases in problem definition, data presentation, and the interpretation of findings, may distort our efforts at societal assessment. Third, a number of communication problems impede the effective presentation of information in social indicators form to both policymakers and the general public. But there is also evidence of substantial progress in coping with these difficulties during the past decade.
Social Measurement and Social Indicators
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 453, S. 237-253
ISSN: 0002-7162
Social measurements are differentiated from social indicators by their ultimate objectives, even though both are interdependent in social evaluation & explanation. While social measurement tries to obtain reliable quantitative data on social phenomena for a variety of interests & purposes, social indicators present evidence more closely related to problems of human well-being. Three problem areas in developing social indicators are identified: (1) technical problems related to social measurement; (2) sociopolitical problems, eg, ideological biases in problem definition, data presentation, & interpretation; & (3) communication problems that impede the effective presentation of information to policymakers & the general public. Modified HA.