Ranking
The Unwritten Rules of the Social Game We All Play
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 14 October 2019
- ISBN 9780190935467
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages264 pages
- Size 147x216x20 mm
- Weight 408 g
- Language English 165
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Short description:
Ranking of people, schools, products, countries, and just about everything else is part of our daily lives. But we are in a paradoxical relationship with ranking: we believe that ranking is good because it is informative and objective; and we believe ranking is bad because it is biased and subjective, and occasionally, even manipulated. Ranking: The Unwritten Rules of the Social Game We All Play combines the application of scientific theories to everyday experience with entertaining personal stories.
MoreLong description:
Human beings are competitive. We want to know who is the strongest, who is the richest, and who is the cleverest of all. Some situations, like ranking people based on height, can be ranked in objective ways. However, many "Top Ten" lists are based on subjective categorization and give only the illusion of objectivity. In fact, we don't always want to be seen objectively since we don't mind having a better image or rank than deserved. Ranking: The Unwritten Rules of the Social Game We All Play applies scientific theories to everyday experience by raising and answering questions like: Are college ranking lists objective? How do we rank and rate countries based on their fragility, level of corruption, or even happiness? How do we find the most relevant web pages? How are employees ranked? This book is for people who have a neighbor with a fancier car; employees, who are being ranked by their supervisors; managers, who are involved in ranking but may have qualms about the process; businesspeople interested in creating better visibility for their companies; scientists, writers, artists, and other competitors who would like to see themselves at the top of a success list; or college students who are just preparing to enter a new phase of social competition. Readers will engage in an intellectual adventure to better understand the difficulties of navigating between objectivity and subjectivity and to better identify and modify their place in real and virtual communities by combining human and computational intelligence.
Translation editions available in German, Korean, Japanese, Complex Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.
"An informative and amusing book. The author collected a treasury of stories and reflections connected with comparison, rating and ranking from the widest possible area of sports, arts, sciences, politics, media and shopping, just to mention a few. The book's main concern is not how to rank, but rather how and in what extent ranking can be avoided."
Table of Contents:
1 Prologue: My Early Encounters with Ranking
2 Comparison, ranking, rating, and lists
3 Social ranking in animal and human societies
4 Choices, Games, Laws, and the Web
5 The Ignorant and the Manipulative
6 Ranking games
7 The Struggle for Reputation
8 Inspired by Your Wish List: How (Not To) Buy a New Lawnmower
9 Epilogue: Rules of the Ranking Game-Where Are We Now?
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