Streetlight Effect
Uses the Streetlight Effect — searching where the light is rather than where the thing is — to critique PS measurement. Argues that what gets measured is what's easy to measure, not what matters; and that measurement choices are power choices about whose experience counts.
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Neighbours (13)
- Looking At Things Properly
- Least Safe Person
- Principles of Ethical Measurement
- Qualitative Measurement of PS
- Beyond Metrics
- Diversity & Performance
- Goodhart's / Cobra Effect
- Measuring PS
- PS Index Critique
- Choosing a Psychometric Tool
- Counterfactuals
- Replicating the 'Seductive Allure of Neuroscience Explanations' Effect
- Social Science vs Epidemiology