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Pages: 66
Authors: Jørgen Wettestad
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Uncertainty and Quality in Science for Policy
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Pages: 254
Authors: S.O. Funtowicz
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-06 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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This book explains the notational system NUSAP (Numeral, Unit, Spread, Assessment, Pedigree) and applies it to several examples from the environmental sciences.
Communicating Uncertainty
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Pages: 347
Authors: Sharon M. Friedman
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-12 - Publisher: Routledge

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Exploring the interactions that swirl around scientific uncertainty and its coverage by the mass media, this volume breaks new ground by looking at these issues
Uncertainty
Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: Kostas Kampourakis
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Anti-evolutionists, climate denialists, and anti-vaxxers, among others, question some of the best-established scientific findings by referring to the uncertaint
Public Policy in an Uncertain World
Language: en
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Authors: Charles F. Manski
Categories: Political Science
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Manski argues that public policy is based on untrustworthy analysis. Failing to account for uncertainty in an uncertain world, policy analysis routinely mislead