Quasity, when quantity has a quality all of its own—toward a theory of performance

Gangan Prathap ()
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Gangan Prathap: CSIR National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources

Scientometrics, 2011, vol. 88, issue 2, No 14, 555-562

Abstract: Abstract Quality, Quantity, Performance,… An unresolved challenge in performance evaluation in a very general context that goes beyond scientometrics, has been to determine a single indicator that can combine quality and quantity of output or outcome. Toward this end, we start from metaphysical considerations and propose introducing a new name called Quasity to describe those quantity terms which incorporate a degree of quality and best measures the output. The product of quality and quasity then becomes an energy term which serves as a performance indicator. Lessons from kinetics, bibliometrics and sportometrics are used to build up this theme.

Keywords: Quality; Quantity; Quasity; Performance; Bibliometrics; p-index; Energy-index; X = lO = l 2 I (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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