More videogame players moving online
More than seven in 10 Americans who play videogames are now doing so online, a survey showed Thursday.
Internet
May 2, 2013
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Page 3 - News tagged with metrics
Researchers develop new metrics for X-ray and neutron analysis of flexible macromolecules
(Phys.org) —A dramatic leap forward in the ability of scientists to study the structural states of macromolecules such as proteins and nanoparticles in solution has been achieved by a pair of researchers with the U.S. Department ...
General Physics
Apr 25, 2013
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Global study reveals most popular marketing metrics
Satisfaction is the most popular metric for marketing decisions around the world, according to a new study from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Business School.
Economics & Business
Aug 29, 2019
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Official measures of research 'impact' are failing to keep pace with socially-networked academics
A survey of how academics use social media to encourage people to interact with their research argues that much of the public value of their work is probably being overlooked in official "impact" assessments.
Social Sciences
May 18, 2022
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Distinguishing between students who guess and those who know
Measuring the knowledge of students in online courses poses a number of challenges. Researchers from the Higher School of Economics and the University of Leuven made improvements to the model for assessing academic achievements ...
Education
Dec 28, 2018
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All academic metrics are flawed, but some are useful
Why are bean counters so fixated on counting? Why are universities overrun by metrics? Are we heading for a world where we know the cost of everything and the value of nothing?
Other
Jun 2, 2015
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Researchers develop metrics to quantify information in animal responses to reward feedback
Daily life is full of choices. How humans and other animals decide to allocate tiime and effort across competing priorities has fascinated researchers for decades. Psychologists have found that most animals allocate their ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2021
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New functional indicators to detect human activity impacts in temporary rivers
Functional metrics in ecology—indicators based on the biological features of the organisms, in this case, water invertebrates—could help researchers to detect the impacts of human origins in temporary rivers, according ...
Environment
Feb 26, 2020
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Facebook says it erred measuring audience reach (Update)
Facebook on Wednesday said that it is working to fix flaws in its metrics calculations that led to the audience being overestimated at times.
Internet
Nov 16, 2016
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Genome assembly in the spotlight
The largest systematic assessment the process of genome assembly is published today in BGI and BioMed Central's open access journal GigaScience. The second Assemblaton competition saw 21 teams submit 43 entries based on data ...
Biotechnology
Jul 23, 2013
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