Measuring Up

Measuring Line-up Fairness

The fairness of line-ups and photospreads is a traditional concern of research and policy development in the area of eyewitness identi®cation. Quanti®cation of fairness, the construction of fairness indices, and the development of evaluation procedures started in the 1970s and continues to this day. This paper reviews the historical development of the ®eld as an introduction to the articles tha...

Measuring up to shoulder pain.

Measuring Up for Server Virtualization

Server virtualization is one of the hottest topics for the capacity planner. How does a hardware virtualization environment like VMware ESX impact the performance measurements we've been accustomed to getting from Windows and Linux? If you can't measure it, you can't manage it, so how are we to measure and understand this new environment? This paper presents a lab-based study designed specifica...

Measuring the MBTI . . . And Coming Up Short

Imagine a test that would allow you to predict the type of career for which a person is best suited For example, Mary comes to you for career counseling. She presents you with her education and work history, and an outline of her career objectives. Specifically, she says that she would like to find an entry-level position where she can help people, and is interested in a career in the social se...

Measuring Up on College-Level Learning