Quantifying the world : UN ideas and statistics /

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Good data, Michael Ward argues, serve to enhance a perception about life as well as to deepen an understanding of reality. This history of the UN's role in fostering international statistics in the post-war period demonstrates how statistics have shaped our understanding of the world. Drawing o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ward, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©2004.
Series:United Nations intellectual history project.
Subjects:
United Nations > Statistical services.
Nations Unies > Services statistiques.
United Nations
Statistical services.
Statistics.
Services statistiques.
Statistiques.
Statistique.
statistics.
REFERENCE > Research.
Statistical services
Statistics
Verenigde Naties.
Statistieken.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Ideas and statistics : an introduction
  • The economic dimension
  • The social dimension
  • The environmental dimension
  • Other statistical dimensions
  • Epilogue: Success, missed opportunities, and the continuing agenda in statistics.

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