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In deciding how to judge the impact of research, evaluators must take into account the effects of emphasizing particular measures — and be open about their methods. So much science, so little time.

Of course you like them; you hired them. And of course you're rooting for them – they work on your behalf every day. If your small business is like many others, you run a tightly knit operation that ...

Through literature review and collaborative design, we propose the Focus, Activity, Statistic, Scale type, and Reference (FASStR) framework to provide a systematic approach to health care operation ...

This chapter describes recent efforts by the chemical and petroleum industries to define process safety metrics suited to the needs of their enterprises. It then discusses how such concepts can be ...

In this blog series, we shed some light on our marketing approach at The Next Web through Web analytics, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), social media, and more. A ...

It is well established that in order to survive and thrive in the new economy every business needs to become a digital business today and this means technology at the core. However, many businesses ...

Measuring your organization’s performance requires thorough data collection and analysis. But with countless examples of business metrics, how do you know which ones are worth tracking? While the ...

I attribute my success in business to measuring. As the old adage says, "What gets measured, gets managed, and what gets managed, gets improved." Most business owners focus solely on hard metrics and ...

This study presents an example of a population health initiative in a limited-resource primary care setting that led to significant improvements in preventive care quality metrics in the context of ...