Acceptable Evidence

by Deborah G. Mayo

Book Overview

Discussions of science and values in risk management have largely focused on how values enter into arguments about risks, that is, issues of acceptable risk. Instead this volume concentrates on how values enter into collecting, interpreting, communicating, and evaluating the evidence of risks, that is, issues of the acceptability of evidence of risk. By focusing on acceptable evidence, this volume avoids two barriers to progress. One barrier assumes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195089294
• ISBN13: 9780195089295
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"