Campbell's Law

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gptkbp:instanceOf sociological principle
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:public_policy
education
social sciences
gptkbp:category sociology
measurement theory
social science theory
gptkbp:describes corruption of social indicators
unintended consequences of quantitative measurement
gptkbp:firstPublished 1976
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Donald_T._Campbell
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Campbell's Law
gptkbp:influenced performance metrics
policy evaluation
standardized testing
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Accounting_Review
gptkbp:relatedTo Goodhart's Law
gptkbp:statedIn The more any quantitative social indicator is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Donald_T._Campbell
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8