TY - GEN N2 - Ranking of people, schools, products, countries, and just about everything else is part of our daily lives. But we are in a paradoxical relationship with ranking: we believe that ranking is good because it is informative and objective; and we believe ranking is bad because it is biased and subjective, and occasionally, even manipulated. This text combines the application of scientific theories to everyday experience with entertaining personal stories. AB - Ranking of people, schools, products, countries, and just about everything else is part of our daily lives. But we are in a paradoxical relationship with ranking: we believe that ranking is good because it is informative and objective; and we believe ranking is bad because it is biased and subjective, and occasionally, even manipulated. This text combines the application of scientific theories to everyday experience with entertaining personal stories. T1 - Ranking :the unwritten rules of the social game we all play / AU - Érdi, Péter, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - HN25 ID - 899793 KW - Social psychology. KW - Evaluation KW - Ranking and selection (Statistics) KW - Social indicators. SN - 9780190935498 TI - Ranking :the unwritten rules of the social game we all play / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190935467.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190935467.001.0001 ER -