Program

Research Programs: Humanities, Science, and Technology

Period of Performance

9/1/1979 - 9/30/1981

Funding Totals

$20,000.00 (approved)
$20,000.00 (awarded)


Assessment of Science: The Development and Testing of Quality Indicators

FAIN: RH-*1207-79

President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA 02138-3800)
Gerald Holton (Project Director: May 1979 to October 1990)

To develop operational definitions of quality (e.g., of a specific research project, a scientific subspecialty, or a scientific institution), and to explore the conversion of existing quantitative indicators into qualitative ones.