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Values Embodied in Factors and Weights

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bit.ly/dsia02e – Fifth & Final Part of Lecture 2 on Descriptive Statistics: An Islamic Approach. Rankings are always based on choice of factors, weights given to them. There is no objective way to choose factors and weights – these always represent ideologies. However, this involvement of values is concealed in objective looking numbers. This leads ...

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bit.ly/dsia02e – Fifth & Final Part of Lecture 2 on Descriptive Statistics: An Islamic Approach. Rankings are always based on choice of factors, weights given to them. There is no objective way to choose factors and weights – these always represent ideologies. However, this involvement of values is concealed in objective looking numbers. This leads to a lot of harmful policies when people focus on improving numbers, instead of the reality behind the numbers.


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