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McNamara fallacy: The problem with grades and other measures #1072

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dullhunk opened this issue Feb 5, 2025 · 0 comments
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McNamara fallacy: The problem with grades and other measures #1072

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dullhunk commented Feb 5, 2025 •
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The McNamara fallacy is a fallacy describing decision making based solely on quantitative observations (or metrics) and ignoring all other observations, including qualitative data.

  • Measure whatever can be measured
  • Disregard that which cannot be measured
  • Presume that which cannot be measured is not important
  • Presume that which cannot be measured does not exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNamara_fallacy
@dullhunk dullhunk changed the title McNamara fallacy McNamara fallacy: The problem with grades and other measures Feb 5, 2025
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