Brandolini's Law is the rule of thumb that refuting a false claim takes far more effort than producing it. We look at where the law came from, why rebuttals are so hard, older insi
The Nobel Prize is one of the world's most prestigious awards, presented annually to individuals or organizations that have achieved outstanding accomplishments in their respective
Formative assessment checks what students know and don't know while learning is still underway, and uses the results to improve both teaching and learning. We look at where the ter
Occam’s Razor is the methodological guideline that, when several hypotheses explain the same phenomenon, we should favor the one that adds no unnecessary assumptions. This article
An ecological map, or eco-map, is an assessment tool that places a family or person in a central circle and draws their ties to surrounding systems such as work, school, hospitals,
In modern society, logistics is like the vast bloodstream that keeps cities and nations moving. Millions of parcel boxes move every day, container ships come and go around the worl
An automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) is equipment in which machines, directed by a computer, store goods in assigned locations and retrieve them when needed. This arti
Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) is an inventory approach in which the supplier sees the buyer’s sales and stock data and decides and takes responsibility for when and how much to re
Betteridge's law of headlines is the adage that any headline ending in a question mark can almost always be answered with a single word: no. This article covers how the law came ab
The media plays a central role in modern society and is closely connected to our daily lives. For this reason, the media must uphold high ethical standards when communicating infor
Probability sampling randomly selects cases so that every member of a population has a known probability greater than zero of being chosen for the sample; these probabilities need
First In, First Out (FIFO) is the inventory practice of shipping out goods in the order they arrived. We look at what FIFO means and why it matters, the related methods of First Ex