Measures of Society

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Measures of Society

• Paul H King
• Vanderbilt University

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Introduction

• Measures of Society how this course relates
• Use of PowerPoint in this course

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Topics of Discussion

• Progression of measures (NPR 8/97)
• Learn PowerPoint...

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Early Measures of Society - 1900-1950

• Guns
• Butter
• Steel
• Banking
• Total value

GNP
http//www.sil.org/lingualinks/library/literacy/gl
ossary/cjJ424/krz1940.htm
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Quality Of Life 1950 on

• Literacy
• Economic Development
• Health

GNP
QofL
http//www.sil.org/lingualinks/library/literacy/kr
z202/tks595/tks610/index.htm
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Recently ...

• Inventory
• Workflow
• Tracking
• Risk Mgt
• Safety
• Profit/loss
• Documentation
• Learning Systems
• Info. Retrieval

InfoMgt
GNP
QofL
http//www.maxager.com/product.html
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To this end Microsoft

• PowerPoint
• Visual Basic
• Visual C
• Visual J
• Visual InterDev
• FrontPage97/98
• Office 97
• Project

Http//www.microsoft.com
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Additional Packages

• ABC FlowCharter
• CorelDraw
• pcAnywhere
• Uninstaller4
• Organizer
• CaLANder

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1997 Spring

• Hardware 13
• Information Management 15

http//www.bme.vanderbilt.edu/King/Projects_1997_s
pring.htm
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1997-1998 Class

• Hardware 22
• Information Management 15

http//www.bme.vanderbilt.edu/King/oral_presentati
on_schedule.htm
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What This Means

• We will cover hardware
• We will cover software
• Career goals...

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Next Steps

• Homework
• Lectures
• Guest Lectures
• Projects
• etc.