The Reification of an Incorrect and Inappropriate Spreadsheet Model
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چکیده
Once information is loaded into a spreadsheet, it acquires properties that it may not deserve. These properties include believability, correctness, appropriateness, concreteness, integrity, tangibility, objectivity and authority. The information becomes reified. We describe a case study through which we were able to observe at close hand the reification of a demonstrably incorrect and inappropriate spreadsheet model within a small non profit organisation.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- CoRR
دوره abs/1801.10249 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2018