WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Comparison of programming languages - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_programming...

    The Computer Language Benchmarks Game site warns against over-generalizing from benchmark data, but contains a large number of micro-benchmarks of reader-contributed code snippets, with an interface that generates various charts and tables comparing specific programming languages and types of tests.

  3. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

    Association fallacy (guilt by association and honor by association) – arguing that because two things share (or are implied to share) some property, they are the same. [ 91 ] Logic chopping fallacy ( nit-picking , trivial objections ) – Focusing on trivial details of an argument, rather than the main point of the argumentation.

  4. Growth chart - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_chart

    Charts based on a specific race or ethnicity are not useful because of the growth chart progression can be attributed to socioeconomic factors. [14] WHO launched a revised growth in 2006 chart using children from Ghana, Oman, Norway, Brazil, India and the USA that substantiated the fact that growth is highly dependent on environmental factors.

  5. Burndown chart - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burndown_chart

    Similar to the burndown chart, the burnup chart shows time on the horizontal axis and work completed on the vertical axis. The main difference is that the burnup chart starts on the bottom and rises as tasks are completed (opposite to the burndown chart). Another difference is that burnup charts usually have a line representing total work. [5]

  6. Comparative mythology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_mythology

    By comparing different cultures' mythologies, scholars try to identify underlying similarities and/or to reconstruct a "protomythology" from which those mythologies developed. [1] To an extent, all theories about mythology follow a comparative approach—as scholar of religion Robert Segal notes, "by definition, all theorists seek similarities ...

  7. Political spectrum - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum

    At the right of the chart is the open self-expressionist position, while at the left is its opposite position, which Inglehart calls survivalist. This chart not only has the power to map the values of individuals, but also to compare the values of people in different countries.

  8. Comparative research - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_research

    Comparative research, simply put, is the act of comparing two or more things with a view to discovering something about one or all of the things being compared. This technique often utilizes multiple disciplines in one study. When it comes to method, the majority agreement is that there is no methodology peculiar to comparative research. [1]

  9. Comparison of voting rules - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_voting_rules

    A major branch of social choice theory is devoted to the comparison of electoral systems, otherwise known as social choice functions.Viewed from the perspective of political science, electoral systems are rules for conducting elections and determining winners from the ballots cast.