English Dictionary

Goodhart's law

固有名詞

The idea that, when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure; originally, "as soon as the government attempts to regulate any particular set of financial assets, these become unreliable as indicators of economic trends".

日本語の意味

測定対象（指標）が目標になると、その本来の指標としての機能が失われるという考え方。 / 特に、政府が特定の金融資産を規制しようとすると、それらは経済動向を示す信頼できる指標でなくなる現象を指す。

Goodhart's law explains why setting a single test score as the goal can cause teaching to the test.

グッドハートの法則は、ある指標を目標に設定するとその指標が有効でなくなるという考えであり、試験の点数を唯一の目標にすると教育がテスト対策になってしまう理由を説明している。

意味（1）

The idea that, when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure; originally, "as soon as the government attempts to regulate any particular set of financial assets, these become unreliable as indicators of economic trends".