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3Could you elaborate on what the difference is?Tobias Kildetoft– Tobias Kildetoft2015-09-28 08:56:41 +00:00Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 8:56
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1Could you clarify the purpose of a measure that is not used as a metric, please? As far as I understand, your answer basically says a measure is the measured value - at which point the the statement "citations can be used as a measure" seems to make little sense, as the number of citations is a measure. Citations can be used for obtaining a measure (their number), but no-one doubted that fact itself, whereas the question whether that measure should be used remains unanswered. Concretely: How does the "understandable (...) use of citations as a measure" happen without using them for ...O. R. Mapper– O. R. Mapper2015-09-28 18:44:14 +00:00Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 18:44
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... a metric? How is something used as a measure, but not as a metric? If a measure has no meaning, as you write, how is it "used" on its own?O. R. Mapper– O. R. Mapper2015-09-28 18:46:09 +00:00Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 18:46
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That is exactly the point I am trying to make. The question is if one can use the number of citations to judge and the answer is: since it is a measure you can use it but only if you compile it into a meaningful metric. Basically everything can be a measure, but a measure does not have a meaning. If you want to judge something you need meaning and therefore (in this case) the number of citations alone is meaningless and needs to be combined with other measures.rul30– rul302015-09-28 19:09:55 +00:00Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 19:09
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2A metric uses usually multiple measurements and combines them — I think you misspelled "is a function that is symmetric, non-negative, positive for distinct pairs, and sub-additive".JeffE– JeffE2015-09-30 13:37:58 +00:00Commented Sep 30, 2015 at 13:37
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